Old term for coins that were – adulterated by the addition of base metal (called grist [shred]; not scrap, as some textbooks say) to the precious metal (called grain) or – circulated counterfeit, usually by unauthorized striking or casting. – See Abnutzung, Alliage, Auswurfgeld, Ballst, Beischlag, Blüten, Demonetisation, Doublé-Münze, Falschgeld, Geschaugeld, Katzengeld, Kipper, Lötigkeit, Münze, Münzen-Paradoxon, Passiergewicht, Rändelung, Raugewicht, Remedium, Subferraten, Wardein, Wipper.
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