lol. That’s funny as hell.
Do you have a link? I just searched and couldn’t find 1278
The jews would take the edges off coins, keeping the missing component. This would shrink the coin by shaving it down on the side. The notches wear through, so a coin without notches is tampered with.
Kind of like how they pick up pennies, getting every financial advantage they can.
Everyone should pick up pennies, don't leave them any advantage.
I won't walk across the street to pick up a $20, or even a $100. There is more to life than money, it's only an advantage if we base our existence on it. Rise above, you are worth more than money.
https://blog.littletoncoin.com/reeded-edges-american-coinage/
Reeded or ridged edges have been in use for a few centuries, and for many years were applied only to gold and silver coins – to discourage the filing or clipping of precious metal from the edges of coins. Edge shaving was a commonplace occurrence on plain-edged gold and silver coins during the 17th and 18th centuries, as unscrupulous individuals figured the next person to possess a coin would simply never notice it was slightly smaller and slightly lighter! Edge shaving on reeded coins was easily detected.
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