It might have been even worse - When Sir Isaac Newton was appointed head of the Mint, he made castration the punishment for 'clipping' (removing slivers of gold or silver from around the circumference of coins, the reason why the edges of coins are nowadays milled), forgery, counterfeiting and so on! While f%&king with the banks is almost never going to end well for criminals, one has to remember that counterfeiting a bank note is taking liberties with the name and authority of the King or Queen, much as clipping was defiling the visage of the monarch... as such, these types of crimes aren't just an assault on the economy - extremely serious in its own right, the reason why nations at war with one another will try to flood each other's economies with counterfeited versions of each other's respective currencies, and the reason Kim Jong Un is reputed to be the biggest counterfeiter in the World today... As an assault on the integrity of His or Her Majesty's integrity, these kinds of infractions are (or certainly _were_ ) considered a serious offence against the State itself, akin to treachery, and therefore demanding the most dire of punishments, as an example to those who might have notions of committing similar crimes
Well never heard of this one, how interesting and what a penalty for forgery! Thanks for uploading really enjoyed it.
It might have been even worse - When Sir Isaac Newton was appointed head of the Mint, he made castration the punishment for 'clipping' (removing slivers of gold or silver from around the circumference of coins, the reason why the edges of coins are nowadays milled), forgery, counterfeiting and so on!
While f%&king with the banks is almost never going to end well for criminals, one has to remember that counterfeiting a bank note is taking liberties with the name and authority of the King or Queen, much as clipping was defiling the visage of the monarch... as such, these types of crimes aren't just an assault on the economy - extremely serious in its own right, the reason why nations at war with one another will try to flood each other's economies with counterfeited versions of each other's respective currencies, and the reason Kim Jong Un is reputed to be the biggest counterfeiter in the World today... As an assault on the integrity of His or Her Majesty's integrity, these kinds of infractions are (or certainly _were_ ) considered a serious offence against the State itself, akin to treachery, and therefore demanding the most dire of punishments, as an example to those who might have notions of committing similar crimes
Now-a-days it is the BofE that issues the dodgy money, only they don't call it forgery, they call it quantitive easing.
A really great presentation..many thanks.
Executed for forgery?
Adam Smith would be so proud of how his rich banker friends were protected.
Executed for forgery? And bicycle thieves get away with a slap on the hand.
It was regarded second only to murder.
A fact free presentation. WHO were these people? WHEN did this incident take place? Very strange video….
No names, no dates, just the city name of glasgow. How legit is this story?
I'm 57 and from Kilmarnock and have NEVER heard of this before...
It happened in 1813.
£10 does seem an improbably high amount for any Scot to possess.
@@andrewemery4272 Do you mean today or in 1813?
@@garywilson7003must be rubbish then eh? 🙄😜
is your brother 'ronald'
It is not: segnetures, admetted, sophestecated, counterfets, theng, destengueshing, suspecion, legetemate, empact, forgere reng, posetion, shep bank, semplecity, enfluence, hestory.
Fix it.
shut yer 'ole, lars