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.

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