Vin's Flattened Clip - Mistborn
Crushed by Allomantic Forces
"Vin held up the object—the coin they had Pushed between them. It was bent and flattened from the pressure."—Mistborn: The Final Empire
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Solid copper, 2.7 grams
- 2.2 cm in diameter, shapes and sizes vary
- More oval than circular
When Vin and Kelsier both Pushed against each other on the same Clip, their sparring turned into a physical contest amplified by Allomantic power. The coin became bent and flattened from the opposing forces of the two Mistborn burning steel to Push each other. Vin eventually lost the shoving match, and Kelsier gave her the distorted coin as a keepsake. She would often think back on this lesson, that her smaller size and weight put her at a disadvantage in purely physical battles, and would learn to apply her Allomancy in increasingly clever ways.
Clips are small copper coins used by nobles for the purchase of small items. The obverse features an image of the Lord Ruler surrounded by the words “One Clip” inscribed in the Steel Alphabet. On the reverse is the symbol for copper surrounded by the Steel Alphabet number 1.
Coin design by Isaac Stewart and Ben McSweeney, engraving by Woody Maringer.
Based on the Mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson, copyright Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC.: Mistborn: The Final Empire © 2006, The Well of Ascension © 2006, The Hero of Ages © 2007, The Alloy of Law © 2011, Shadows of Self © 2015, and Bands of Mourning © 2016, www.brandonsanderson.com.
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