JB/071/184/003

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Pt IV. 59 C Of Frauds relative to the Coin Reasons

with each of those persons a greater quantity of good Coin in
order to cover a smaller quantity of his own bad Coin.

The time which it will necessarily take him up
to find fit persons to deal with will be so much time taken
from his lawful occupation: nor can a man carry on the fraudulent
occupation in question without such a kind of ingenuity
derived from some lawful occupation he has been tieed up
in, as will naturally expose him in some degree to suspicion.
If a manufacturer of metal buttons for instance gives
three or four shillings or three or four half pence in change
together that appear to be of the same die this circumstance
may of itself be sufficient to fix a considerable degree of
suspicion on a person of such an occupation. He can seldom
therefore venture to put off many such pieces together.
If he procures many different moulds or stamps this will
in proportion take up more expence and time. Bad money
is in general more liable to suspicion the fresher it is; for
the fresher they both are, the more easy it is to discover
those minute differences by which bad Coin is distinguishable from

Identifier: | JB/071/184/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	184	Info in main headings field	of frauds relative to the coin
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f57 / f58 / f59 / f60
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23587
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