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Pt IV. 53
C
Of Frauds relative to the Coin. Reasons
In these different nations several differences may possibly
arise in the sort of treatment that it may be requisite to
give to the Offence.
Quest: IV. Why fraudulently uttering without
Confederacy is not punished as Coining, Reasons.
Note.
there is in England; and on the other hand there is much less
Gold. In England there is a vast quantity of Paper-money in circulation
which is altogether upon a par with Coin; a phonomenon
which is fearcely visible in other Countries. In
France whether owing to the severity of the punishment, or
to the efficacy of the means which the place police is enabled to
employ for the discovery of offenders, bad money is comparatively but rare. In England at present there is now
and then a little bad Gold, there is a great deal of bad
copper, and there is scarce any but bad Silver; the government
having in a manner given up the Coinage of the
latter metal to the Ingenuity of private Operators.
Identifier: | JB/071/183/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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not numbered |
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071 |
penal code |
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183 |
of frauds relative to the coin |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
4 |
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recto |
f53 / f54 / f55 / f56 |
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[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]] |
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caroline fox |
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23586 |
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