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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7678596, member: 12789&quot;]It is remarkable how lax the British crown was concerning coinage during the 18th century.&nbsp; It is as though after the tenure of Sir Isaac Newton at the Royal Mint in the very early part of the century everything rather fell apart.&nbsp; Counterfeit was rampant, especially with lower value coin as those denominations were the most oft neglected by the Royal Mint.&nbsp; It was not until just after the Napoleonic wars that Britain took a serious effort at minting significant quantities of coinage, and effectively banning tokens and prosecuting counterfeiting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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