Colonial Currency, Connecticut ACTS and LAWS
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1750 Colonial Connecticut "AN ACT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING BILLS OF PUBLIC CREDIT, COINS, OR CURRENCIES...”
c. 1750, Original Printed Colonial Connecticut “ACTS and LAWS”, Detailing Punishments for Counterfeiting, Choice Extremely Fine.
These are original printed pages from a Colonial Connecticut legal book titled “Acts And Laws”, 3 pages printed on both sides, 11.25” x 7.25. The only date mentioned in these pages is a reference to a 1707 law against counterfeiting coin. The full title of the law detailed in this section, which fills 3-1/2 pages, is: "AN ACT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING BILLS OF PUBLIC CREDIT, COINS, OR CURRENCIES; AND EMITTING, AND PASSING BILLS, OR NOTES ON PRIVATE CREDIT; AND TO PREVENT INJUSTICES IN PASSING COUNTERFEIT BILLS...."
The law specifies that it applies not only to currency of “this Colony [Connecticut], but also to the currency of Massachusetts Bay, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Punishments listed for counterfeiting or altering notes include cutting off the ear and branding the letter “C” on the forehead. Perpetrators could also be confined in the Workhouse for life. These pages may have been taken from “Acts and Laws of His Majesty’s English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America” the second edition of which was published in 1750. This Rare Colonial Printing is nicely housed in a presentation folder with some illustrations prepared for an exhibit.
1750 Colonial Connecticut "AN ACT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING BILLS OF PUBLIC CREDIT, COINS, OR CURRENCIES...”
c. 1750, Original Printed Colonial Connecticut “ACTS and LAWS”, Detailing Punishments for Counterfeiting, Choice Extremely Fine.
These are original printed pages from a Colonial Connecticut legal book titled “Acts And Laws”, 3 pages printed on both sides, 11.25” x 7.25. The only date mentioned in these pages is a reference to a 1707 law against counterfeiting coin. The full title of the law detailed in this section, which fills 3-1/2 pages, is: "AN ACT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING BILLS OF PUBLIC CREDIT, COINS, OR CURRENCIES; AND EMITTING, AND PASSING BILLS, OR NOTES ON PRIVATE CREDIT; AND TO PREVENT INJUSTICES IN PASSING COUNTERFEIT BILLS...."
The law specifies that it applies not only to currency of “this Colony [Connecticut], but also to the currency of Massachusetts Bay, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Punishments listed for counterfeiting or altering notes include cutting off the ear and branding the letter “C” on the forehead. Perpetrators could also be confined in the Workhouse for life. These pages may have been taken from “Acts and Laws of His Majesty’s English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America” the second edition of which was published in 1750. This Rare Colonial Printing is nicely housed in a presentation folder with some illustrations prepared for an exhibit.
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