The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scissel
Scissel \Scis"sel\, n. [Cf. Scissile.]
The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
Wiktionary
scissel
n. metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.
Wikipedia
Scissel
Scissel is the scrap produced in the punching of coin blanks from a continuous strip of metal. The scrap is collected and remelted to form new sheets, or may be melted for manufacture of other alloys.