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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HammeredCoin, post: 2228665, member: 75598&quot;]I dug up a great excerpt from a paper written in the British Numismatic Society publication that made a very good point when it came to the clipping of half pennies for Henry III voided long cross pennies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it makes a better argument than I thought of.&nbsp; It said that even though the pennies were only supposed to be cut at the mint, this law was widely disobeyed and many were cut during the course of normal business transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>They noted that rather clip the coin around the edges, as the &quot;normal&quot; practice of a clipper, the clipper would intentionally cut the penny slightly off center.&nbsp; This would leave one half of the two with slightly more silver and thus the clippers could shave the silver from the larger half.&nbsp; This would make it nearly impossible to detect the clipping as the other corresponding half was not around to compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>This makes perfect sense.&nbsp; As for the whole pennies, clipping was still rampant, but why we don&#039;t see as many heavily clipped Henry III pennies, I am guessing, is because those worn coins were melted down by Edward I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edward instituted very harsh laws with regard to clipping upon his ascension to the Throne.&nbsp; Anyone caught clipping, or even accepting clipped coins could be hung, or at least a very heavy fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would possibly explain why there are far fewer examples of heavily clipped Henry III[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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