Before the late seventeenth century coins were hammer-struck, meaning they were not perfectly round. The misshapen edges of coins were vulnerable to ‘coin clipping’—a practice where shears were used to cleave metal from the coin’s edge, before returning it to circulation. The clipped metal was typically used to make counterfeit coins or sell for profit.
These prints are monoprints made with the reeded edge of various silver coins. The nails used to make the nails that suspend the frames are all cast in silver, from the coins that made the prints.
