The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 44, October 16, 2005, Article 25

VOCABULARY WORD: SCISSEL

Recent writers mentioned "webbing", or "skeleton scrap"
left over from the punching out of coin blanks.

Alan Roy writes: "The word you're looking for to describe
coinage scrap is "scissel."
definition

I first heard it at a CNA convention a few years ago. The
registration packs included a piece of scissel from the Royal
Canadian Mint."

[We discussed this word a couple years ago in the volume 6
(2003) issues no. 32, 33 and 34. Dick Johnson provided
us with a definition, and he used "skeleton scrap" very
deliberately in his recent post. In The E-Sylum v6n33
Dick wrote:

"The definition for SCISSEL in last week's E-Sylum was not
entirely accurate. Not only is it the long strips of metal from
which blanks (not coins, blanks) are cut, but also the trimmings
from other metal-working operations. Workers today are more
apt to use the term SKELETON SCRAP for the blanked strips
rather than the archaic word "scissel." -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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