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GCSE History · key term
Cutting small pieces of precious metal from the edges of coins, reducing the metal remaining in them.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: Trade, Towns and VillagesCoin-clipping involved trimming precious metal from coin edges and keeping or selling the removed metal. A clipped silver coin contained less silver, so traders could distrust its value and demand higher prices to compensate.
Paper 2
Trimming precious metal from the edges of coins to sell it, reducing the coins’ metal content.
Revise: The Jewish Community in England (1066–1290)In November 1278, Jews across England were arrested on accusations of coin-clipping and their houses were searched. Christians were also accused of this offence, but Jewish communities were particularly targeted. By May 1279, 269 Jews had been executed in London.
Treat accusations against Jewish people as accusations, not proof of collective guilt. Christians were also accused of coin-clipping.
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