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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 7669706, member: 27832&quot;]Most US gold and silver got reeded or lettered edges to avoid this. Processes like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement#Sweating" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement#Sweating" rel="nofollow">sweating</a> were probably more common.</p><p><br /></p><p>In <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/767362/quot-sweating-quot-gold-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/767362/quot-sweating-quot-gold-coins" rel="nofollow">a thread on another forum</a>, Roger Burdette says that <i>sweating</i> actually refers to etching off precious metal with acid, and calls the jiggle-in-a-bag technique &quot;abrasive debasement&quot;. It seems that most modern sources, though, including the <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/globalassets/the-royal-mint/pdf/clippers-and-counterfeiters-notes-for-teachers.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalmint.com/globalassets/the-royal-mint/pdf/clippers-and-counterfeiters-notes-for-teachers.pdf" rel="nofollow">Royal Mint</a>, call it &quot;sweating&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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