History of Counterfeit Coins and Banknotes
14 country histories of money
There was a man who published pamphlets advocating for mint reform, while secretly continuing to make counterfeit coins. He was pursued by Newton, who had just taken up a post at the Mint. We will trace the stories of those who clipped, counterfeited, detected, and punished, from ancient marketplaces to Meiji-era Tokyo.
- 1801–1806 The Counting House Desk The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
- 118 BC A Han minting site China
- 375/4 BC The money-changer's table in the Agora Greece
- the 11th–8th centuries BC A casting site in the Yellow River valley China
- the 12th–13th centuries Almohad al-Andalus Spain
- From 1284 Aegean port Greece
- 1295–1314 The mint of Paris France
- Circa 1329–1330 A blacksmith's workshop India
- Circa 1329–1330 The King's Decision India
- the 15th century The Aztec Empire Overview: the world
- the later 15th century–the 16th century The founders' workshops of Sakai Japan
- 15th–16th centuries Various places Russia
- 15th–16th centuries Moscow and Novgorod Russia
- 1572– Market Mexico
- 1640–1672 The Paris mint France
- the 17th century The Royal Mint, London Overview: the world
- the 17th century The Milled Edge Overview: the world
- 1696–1727 The Tower and the taverns of London Britain
- 1696 London Russia
- 1699 London Britain
- 1732 The Mexico City mint Spain
- 1732– Mexico City Mint Mexico
- 1775–1779 New York, under British occupation United States
- 1797–1821 London, the place of execution Britain
- 1845 Saint Petersburg Russia
- the 1860s the domains' residences Japan
- 1868–1869 Edo, the Kinza Japan
- 1868 Kyoto Japan
- 1869–1871 Tokyo, Takanawa Japan
- 1872 Frankfurt Japan
- 1881 the Paper Money Bureau, the engraving room Japan
- 1885 the darkness of the storehouse Japan
- 1890s– Clandestine workshops Korea
- 1892 The Jeonhwanguk in Incheon Korea
- 1916 Carranza Government Mexico
- 1916 Market Mexico
- 1927 De La Rue's printing works Turkey
- 2006–2007 The Mint South Korea
- 2006–present In the light on the note's face South Korea
- 2021 the Mint Japan
- Present Russia Russia