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An essay on weighing of gold , &c. wherein is shewn an effectual method for discovering and detecting of counterfeit pieces of money, (be they ever so artfully disguised) Which will be of great Use to prevent Persons being imposed upon by any of those ... and adulterated Pieces of Gold Coin, which are too common at this Time. This is performed by a Pair of common Scales and a Set of Gold Weights, with the Hydrostatical Instrument herein described, which may be had at a very small Expence. By this Method not only Gold Coins, &c. but also all ... of Gold and Silver Plate may be weigh'd, and their ... Value ascertained to the greatest Nicety. By William Symons, Author of The Practical Gauger.
Symons, WilliamDate: MDCC.LVI. [1756]- Books
Newton and the counterfeiter : the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist / Thomas Levenson.
Thomas LevensonDate: 2010- E-books
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Miscellaneous views of the coins struck by English princes in France , counterfeit sterlings, coins struck by the East India Company, those in the West India colonies, and in the Isle of Man. Also of pattern pieces for gold and silver coins, and gold nobles struck abroad in imitation of English. With copper-plates. By Thomas Snelling.
Snelling, Thomas, 1712-1773.Date: [1769]- E-books
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Observations and reflections on swindled bills , and the Method of Discounting them. In which the Practices made use of by those Gentry, who call themselves Discounters and Bill-Brokers, are examined and explained. - Their Names and Frauds detected and exposed,-together with cursory Remarks on the practice of purchasing Annuities on the Lives of the Buyers, secured on West India Property. By Charles Whitehead.
Whitehead, Charles, citizen of London.Date: 1777