The coins—261,064 of them—had piled up all last year in the pyx box*—one coin from each batch (or part thereof) of 2,000 silver coins delivered from the coining room to the superintendent of ...
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Almost 800 years of pomp and circumstance ensures the quality of Britain's currencyThe ceremony gets its name from the ancient Greek word “pyxis,” or small box. Coins are presented in so-called Pyx boxes and jurors randomly select them for testing. While the judges still ...
THE trial of the Pyx is the formal testing of the coin of the realm, to ensure its being of the requisite weight and fineness. The name is derived from the Pyx, or chest, in which the coins ...
The ceremony gets its name from the ancient Greek word “pyxis,” or small box. Coins are presented in so-called Pyx boxes and jurors randomly select them for testing. While the judges still ...
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