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Pyx [fr. puxiV Gk., a box], the box in which sample coins are kept. For the purpose of ascertaining that coins issued from the Mint have been coined in accordance with law, a 'trial of the pyx' is held once at least in every year in which coins have been issued; see the (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), s. 12. The trial takes place before a jury of members of the Gold-smiths' Company.