What is coin clipping?

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Interesting article.

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Short answer:  Coin clipping is a method of debasement of gold or silver coins by shaving off a bit around the perimeter.  The underweight “clipped” coin can then be passed off for face value and the remaining metal melted down for profit.

Below:  A stack of 2 different 2 reales coins, from Chile 1812 (beneath) and Seville 1737 (atop).  Both should be about 27 mm diameter, but the Seville one has been clipped.Stack 1obRev

Until the 20th century, most coins derived their value from their precious metal content, in either gold or silver.  Gold and silver are relatively soft metals, and coins would wear gradually with circulation, losing some of the material from their edges and faces over time.  There was an active debate in the Middle Ages as to whether money should be counted by weight or by the face values of the coins.  In general, a well-worn coin might…

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MERMAID – OBSERVE / WAITING – LETTING GO : Sudden seaside statue appearance … Texas Gov. Declares State-Wide Disaster … Dismantling the Dark Gridworks – Focus to what is Beyond

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Sudden seaside statue appearance

sparks questions in Argentina’s Mar del Plata

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A mysterious sculpture of a woman staring at the sea appeared this Sunday on the Mar del Plata coast, near the Playa Chica area.

The concrete sculpture appeared from one day to the next on a rock that overlooks the sea, as could be seen on Monday.

Up to now, no one knows who placed it there or who the creator is.

The residents of the coastal area found the sculpture of a naked sitting woman, embracing her legs, with her gaze lost towards the sea.

Several questions surrounding the strange arrival have stirred the interest of Mar del Plata residents.

According to a city local, the surveillance cameras in the area show no footage of someone placing the…

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New Year’s Resolutions

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ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE

Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_mosaics.jpg“Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt” (Matthew 2:13)

“The angel commands us, as he did Joseph. ‘Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt’ (Matthew 2:13). That is to say: renounce your sin and your slackness; take into your soul the Jesus you saw at Bethlehem and Mary, whom you must never separate from her son; flee the evil and the temptations that surround you; set yourself a hidden, retired, silent life, a life of intimacy with the small child and his mother — and also with Joseph”. (Lev Gillet, The Year of Grace of the Lord, p73).

The life of the Holy Family, whether in Egypt or later on at Nazareth — what an inspiration and a model for us! This is a year I truly want to hide and disappear together with Him. God willing, the…

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So, What’s the deal with you and Microcosm?

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Alex Wrekk

I have to write something about this and not just leave it muddled in the words of others on the internets. I have seen and heard public discussion of my past involving Microcosm Publishing and Joe Biel. A lot of things have been said; some true, some not. Some things, like the discussion of Microcosm in the We Make Zines forum, I heard about but refused to read or respond because sometimes I just don’t have the energy to deal with it. Some people have criticized me, think I’m crazy or think that the issues I have are only based on a vendetta or a personal attack. I have seen people I know, and some that I don’t (and didn’t ask for their help), advocating for me. This has made me feel simultaneously anxious about what strangers have to say but, also supported in the zine community that I love.

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israel (apartheid state) and Universal Jurisdiction

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UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

Israel and Universal Jurisdiction

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In the Oct. 26edition of False Flag Weekly News it was reported that law makers in Israel were considering a new statute that would criminalize BDS supporters including by subjecting them to heavy jail time.

In our brief exchange on the story, Dr. Kevin Barrett and I considered the possibility that there would be efforts to project the same law to people outside Israel in the name of universal jurisdiction. Colleen McGuire took the discussion further by pointing to the fine of $18,000 imposed by an Israeli court in a civil action involving two BDS activists, women of both Palestinian and Jewish ancestry. Their letter persuaded New Zealand performer Lorde not to perform in Tel Aviv. The civil case was brought by a group with tickets to the concert who claim to have been traumatized by Lorde’s decision. 

Although there is not now any…

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