Coin Act 1732
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title:
Coin Act 1732
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The Coin Act 1732 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to counterfeit gold coins. Its title was "An Act to prevent the coining or counterfeiting any of the gold coins commonly called Broad Pieces". Broad pieces were gold coins in denominations of 23 or 25 shillings. A royal proclamation in February 1732 had prohibited people from giving or receiving in payment broad pieces, or halves or quarters of them, and had required revenue collectors to collect them in o
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Act of the Parliament of Great Britain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_Act_1732
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2023-08-23T14:01:17Z
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