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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2228898, member: 15588&quot;]That&#039;s fascinating information on the Henry III cut pennies, thanks for posting. Apparently the loophole is to just take a slightly higher portion of the pie and shave&nbsp; off the excess afterwards - brilliant! The voluminous types of crosses probably only helped to some extent - one could probably always take something off of the remaining portion of the cross. I have also read (though I forget where) that cutting, though risky for the general public, could take place nearly anywhere and any time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Given how Henry I punished mint masters who debased the coinage by removing certain parts... ahem... of their anatomy in 1124, I&#039;m not sure I&#039;d want to risk losing something so precious for small silver shavings. Thankfully, I doubt I&#039;ll have to worry about that. It would be interesting to see if any criminal records for clippers exist in the rolls somewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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