A Sweden term “klippe” means “to cut with scissors”. As the first tecnology of coinage was so elementary and as a result coins had nonround form, this term was used for such coins. First klippe-coins were minted in Scandinavia and Poland in 16th sentury. They had form of polygon with the round stamp inside.
Shapeless silver coins in ancient Russia

In ancient Russia the technology of minting was: the pieces of silver wire were hammered out by the stamp. Silver was flowing in accidental form; often an oval one. For this blurred …