Coinage Offences Act 1832

Coinage Offences Act 1832
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws against Offences relating to the Coin.
Citation	2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 34
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Coin Act 1696; Coin (No. 2) Act 1697(9 Will. 3. c. 21);

The Coinage Offences Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 34) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It consolidated into one Act all offences concerning the counterfeiting and clipping of coins. Such conduct was often considered to be high treason: this Act downgraded the offence to felony and abolished the death penalty for all coinage offences.

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