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    The Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to make or possess equipment useful for counterfeiting...
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  • Coin Act may refer to Coin Act 1696, Act of the Parliament of England Coin Act 1732, Act of the Parliament of Great Britain Coin Act 1816, Act of the Parliament...
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  • until the Great Recoinage of 1816. Coin Act 1696 Bristol Mint Chester Mint Seaby Standard Catalogue of British Coins, Volume 1, 18th Edition, 1981. ISBN 0-900652-58-6...
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    Another Act, the Assay of Plate Act 1702 (1 Ann. c. 3), passed in 1702, amended the Coin Act 1696, which concerned treason by counterfeiting coins. E. Neville...
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  • (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) The Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 6) See also Coin Act 1696 (1 Ann. c. 9)...
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    of goods and lands. Coin Act 1696 High treason in the United Kingdom Treason Act Treason Act 1351 5 Eliz. 1. c. 11 Coin Act 1575 (18 Eliz. 1. c. 1) v...
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    1696 whereby all coins were removed from circulation, and enacted the Coin Act 1696, making it high treason to own or possess counterfeiting equipment....
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    counterfeiting coins. High treason in the United Kingdom Coin Acts 1572 and 1575 Coin Act 1696 Counterfeiting Coin Act 1741 Treason Act Section 1 Section...
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    This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1696. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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    copper coins by the Counterfeiting Coin Act 1797. High treason in the United Kingdom Coin Acts 1572 and 1575 Coin Act 1696 Coin Act 1732 Treason Act...
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    The merk (Scottish Gaelic: marg) is a long-obsolete Scottish silver coin. Originally the same word as a money mark of silver, the merk was in circulation...
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    from 8 September 1696. This is the citation in the Record Edition. This is the citation in the Duodecimal Edition. Apparent Heirs Act 1695 (c. 39) Sometimes...
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  • Restoration by the Navigation Act 1660, and further developed and tightened by the Navigation Acts of 1663, 1673, and 1696. Upon this basis during the 18th...
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  • Thumbnail for Coinage Offences Act 1832
    the counterfeiting and clipping of coins into one act. Such conduct was often considered to be high treason: this act downgraded the offence to felony and...
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    ) Another act, the Perpetuation, etc., of Acts, 1708 (7 Ann. c. 25), amended the Coin Act 1696 (which made it treason to counterfeit coins). High treason...
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    Security of King and Government Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 27) Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) Exemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694 (6 & 7 Will. & Mar....
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    of 1696, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 21 – The Recoinage Act, passed...
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    (Norfolk) Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 26) Mischiefs from Fire Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 58) Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) Bills of Exchange Act 1704 (3...
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  • Manx pound (section Coins)
    supply. In 1696, a further devaluation occurred, with all English silver and gold coins valued at 14 Manx pence for every shilling. Between 1696 and 1840...
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    Counterfeiting Coin Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 126) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to counterfeit copper coins. The Counterfeiting...
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  • (minted on coins as new until 1981). Before decimalisation, twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. British coins are minted...
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    1696 Coin Act 1696 Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696 Blasphemy Act 1697 Civil List Act 1697 Correspondence with the Pretender Act 1697 New Forest Act 1697...
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    Yorkshire Wolds into the town. Roman coins have been found: two hoards in the harbour area, along with two Greek coins from the second century BC — suggesting...
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    Internet Archive. Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Counterfeit Coin Act 1554 [1 & 2 Phil. II. & Mar. I. – A.D. 1554 Chapter XI]. The Statutes at...
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    punished was Isaac Newton in 1696, though he later showed that the mistake originated in a faulty reference. Prior to the Coinage Act 1971 which ordered a trial...
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    hostis humani generis ("the enemy of humanity").[citation needed] In mid-1696 the government issued a £500 bounty on Every's head and offered a free pardon...
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    in the months leading up to the Acts of Union. A commemorative two-pound coin was issued to mark the tercentennial—300th anniversary—of the Union, which...
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  • William Chaloner (category Coin designers)
    counterfeit moulds and by die stamping from counterfeit dies. By 1696 forged coins constituted about 10% of the nation's currency. The currency had a...
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    was introduced as part of the great recoinage scheme of William III from 1696, when attempts were made to limit the clipping and melting of sterling silver...
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  • the Mutiny Bill (1689), the Triennial Bill (1694), the Treason Act (1696) and the Act of Settlement (1701). Known collectively as the Revolutionary Settlement...
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