| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 94 | "This object has been clipped, or shaved," he said. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 91 | "View more quotes about look">Look here," he said. |
| 1 | 92 | "Do you see how this part of the object, at the edge, seems flatter, or straight, different from the rest of the object's circumference?" "Yes," I said. |
| 1 | 93 | To be sure, one had to look closely to see it. |
| 1 | 94 | "This object has been clipped, or shaved," he said. |
| 1 | 95 | "A part of the metal has been cut or trimmed away. |
| 1 | 96 | In this fashion, if that is not noted, or the object is not weighed, it might be accepted for, say, a certain face value, the individual responsible for this meanwhile pocketing the clipped or shaved metal. |
| 1 | 97 | If this is done over a period of time, with many coins, of course, the individual could accumulate, in metal value, a value equivalent perhaps to one or more of the original objects". |