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Treason Act 1488
Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Acte agaynst counterfeting of forrayne Coyne.
Citation4 Hen. 7. c. 18
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent27 February 1490
Commencement13 January 1489
Repealed10 August 1872
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Status: Repealed

An Acte agaynst counterfeting of forrayne Coyne (4 Hen. 7. c. 18) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1488. It made it high treason to counterfeit coinage from other countries. (It was already treason to counterfeit English coins, under the Treason Act 1351.) It was repealed by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c.1) but the offence was created by another act passed later in the same year recreated the offence, the Treason (No. 2) Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 2 c. 6).

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