Free Trade in Money, Or Note-shaving, the Great Cause of Fraud, Poverty and Ruin

This pamphlet argues against the practice of note-shaving, which involved clipping small amounts of precious metal from coins in order to create new counterfeit coins. The author, a financial reformer, claims that note-shaving is a form of fraud that harms the economy and the poor.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.