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VOCABULARY TERM: CUT COINSDick Johnson submitted this entry from his Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Terminology. Thanks. -Editor
 This 2 bit specimen of a cut coin bears counterstamps in addition to being cut in quarters from a Spanish Piece-of-Eight for circulation in Curacao. Cut Coins. During shortages of small denomination coins, larger coins have been cut into smaller portions to make change for commerce. This was a widespread practice
in the Caribbean Islands in the late 18th century. Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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