Ten Most Famous Counterfeiting Scandals - By: Astrid Mitchell, 2008-06-25

The crime of counterfeiting is probably as old as money itself,
and kings have often dealt very harshly with its perpetrators.
The counterfeiting of coins or 'coining' used to be dealt with
as a form of treason. As a result, gruesome punishments for
coining in England have included being hung drawn and quartered
and being burnt at the stake.

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