decus et tutamen การใช้

• The 1826 coin has the edge inscription DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO.
• The edge may either have the inscription DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI TERTIO or be plain.
• Slingsby introduced the idea of stamping the inscription " Decus et Tutamen " around the edge of silver coins to prevent clipping.
• The date and Pistrucci's " George and the Dragon " appear on the reverse and DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI IV on the edge.
• The inscription on the reverse read ROYAL MINT TRIAL 1994 with an edge inscription based on the one pound coin which read DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI XLVI, meaning " An ornament and a safeguard  in the 46th year of her reign ".
• :: : Producing short-weight coins was a very serious matter, which remained a capital offence into the 19th century; various means were used to make it obvious if coins had been debased, e . g . design elements on the edge of the design which would make it clear that metal had been trimmed from the coin; later they were able to mill the edges of coins, or even inscribe writing into the edge-the reason many British ? coins today have " DECUS ET TUTAMEN " ( " An ornament and a safeguard " ) on their edge is because that was used on coins in the 17th century.