Counterfeiting in Colonial America
Contributors: David R. Johnson (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780812217315
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Organized crime; Numismatics; U.S. History - Colonial Period (1607-1775); History; History - U.S; United States - Colonial Period; Antiques/Collectibles; USA; Other Miscellaneous Crimes; Counterfeits and counterfeitin; Counterfeits and counterfeiting; United States
First sentence: COUNTERFEITING in all countries is as old as money itself, and the English colonist in North America were familiar with the crime and the punishments inflicted in the mother country upon offenders.