Counterfeiting Tokens, etc. Act 1812
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1812 c. 138 |
| Year | 1812 |
(52 Geo. 3) C A P. CXXXVIII.
[20th July 1812]
'WHEREAS the Governor and Company of the Bank ofEngland have for the Convenience of the Public caused to be coined or stamped and circulated a large Quantity of Silver Dollars, containing on the Obverse Side thereof an Impression of His Majesty's Head, and the following Words and Letters, videlicet‘Georgius III. Dei Gratia Rex,’ and on the Revere Side thereof the Impression of Britannia, and the following Words and Figures, videlicet‘Five Shillings Dollar Bank of England 1804:’ And whereas the said Governor and Company, with the Approbation of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, have also issued and circulated, for the Convenience of the Public, a Quantity of Silver Pieces, denominated Tokens , for the respective Sums of Three Shillings, and One Shilling and Six pence, such Tokens for the Sum of Three Shillings containing on the Obverse Side thereof an Impression of His Majesty's Head, and the following Words and Letters, videlicet‘Georgius III. Dei Gratia Rex,’ and on the Reverse Side thereof the following Words and Figures, videlicet‘Bank Token, 3 Shill.’ with the Addition of the Year in which the same were respectively made and stamped; and such Tokens for the Sum of One Shilling and Six pence, containing the same Impression, Words and Letters on the Obverse Side thereof, as upon the said Token for Three Shillings, and on the Reverse Side thereof the following Words and Figures, videlicet‘Bank Token, 1 s. 6 d. ’ with the Addition of the Year in which the same were respectively coined or stamped: And whereas the said Governor and Company intend to issue and circulate other like Tokens for the respective Sums of Three Shillings and One Shilling and Six pence: And whereas the Circulation of the said Dollars and Tokens has been of great public Utility, but many Instances have occurred in which the same have been counterfeited, whereby the Public have been greatly defrauded, and the Punishment inflicted upon Persons convicted of counterfeiting and uttering the same has been found inadequate to prevent such Offences;' For Remedy whereof, be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authorityof the same, That if...
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