[MR] BBC: "Coin Clipping" Hoard Found

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

Here's one for the odd box: a metal detectorist in England discovered a 
hoard of coin clippings. While the hoard actually dates from the 17th 
century by the latest dates on the coins, many of the coin shavings are 
from earlier coins, and this was a common crime during our period: 
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-34779378

Did you know a coin clipper could be hung for his crime? Last time I 
checked, people were hanged. Pictures are hung. (Sigh!) It has been 
years since I heard the word "hanged". Have you ever heard of a 
"hunging"? I think not.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot