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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25618978, member: 101855&quot;]They were struck. Casting is the stock and trade for counterfeiters. Striking coins is faster once you have quality dies, and the resulting coins have a far more consistent appearance. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you got caught casting coins during the colonial or confederation era, heaven help you. Able Buel, who made dies for the Connecticut coppers and the Fugio cents, got caught raising 5 shilling note to five pound notes. Since he was young, well regarded in the community and it was his first offense, they went easy on him. They lopped off the tip of his ear, branded a “C” high upon his forehead so that he could cover it with his hair later, fined him and tossed him in jail. </p><p><br /></p><p>The hardened counterfeiters ended up much worse. They weren’t kidding when they put, “To counterfeit is death,” on colonial era notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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