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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3103878, member: 10461&quot;]You&#039;re probably more used to seeing the term &quot;clipped&quot; in the context of clipped planchet errors on more modern coins, but in a medieval coin context, &quot;clipping&quot; refers to the practice of people shaving metal off the edges of precious-metal coins, to save a bit of the silver or gold for illegal gain. It&#039;s a practice that sent many a coin clipper to the gallows (or worse) back in the day.</p><p><br /></p><p>The replacement of the old thin hammered silver coins with milled coins bearing reeded or lettered edges was largely done as a deterrent against this practice. In fact, some early British milled coins bore the Latin inscription DECVS ET TVTAMEN (&quot;an ornament and a safeguard&quot;) on their edges, indicating the lettered edge was put on there not just to look nice, but also to make it obvious when someone had clipped a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to your second question, I have never yet held a Neapolitan <i>gigliato</i> coin in hand, but as the equivalent of a <i>grosso</i>, I would imagine they&#039;d be vaguely near the diameter of a US nickel?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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