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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8506020, member: 26430&quot;]I think it&#039;s an interesting but very open question of how that actually worked in practice. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fake coins were common, and people doubtless passed them along unknowingly all the time, so I have to assume the state and commercial authorities, and other members of the public, applied a high degree of discretion in determining whom to punish and how. I imagine actual executions were rare, despite the ubiquity of forgeries. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;d like to know more. I&#039;m sure someone&#039;s studied the topic...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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