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TitleFRESHFIELDS PAPERS RELATING TO FORGED AND OTHER IMITATION BANK NOTES: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE FORGERY AND CIRCULATION OF NOTES IN EUROPE
Date25 Oct 1844 - 1 Jun 1870
Description1844 Forged £100 notes from Paris.
1846 Arrest of forgers, Paris.
1849 Forged notes from Calais.
1855 Reports on forged notes circulating throughout Europe. Forged notes from Marseilles. Cancelled £200 note stolen and re-presented at Hamburg with false corner and signature.
1856 Forged notes from Vienna.
1857 Spanish forgeries found in Brussels.
1861 Forged notes in Belgium, France and Germany.
1862 Forged notes in Prussia, Austria and Holland. Alleged forgeries from Hungary.
1865 Russian bank note forgeries.
1868 Sieber, dishonest informant in Switzerland.
1869 Possible United States (US) origins of forged notes in Europe.
KeywordRussia; Spain; Netherlands; Holland; United States of America (USA)
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