SHOCKER: Frightened Commissars DELETE the Death Penalty portion from Coinage Act of 1792 Wiki Entry!
Submitted by AnCapMercenary on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 17:01
Economy
Here is Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul discussing what the penalty for violation of the Coinage Act of 1792 was, live on national TV:
1792 Coinage Act - Death Penalty For Counterfeiting
Uploaded by RunToGoldDotCom on Apr 3, 2011
Coinage Act Of 1792
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Apparently, 'someone' is very, very, very worried...
But, the statists simply cannot erase documented history:
Penalty on debasing the coins.
Section 19.
And be it further enacted, That if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mint shall be debased or made worse as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained, or shall be of less weight or value than the same ought to be pursuant to the directions of this act, through the default or with the connivance of any of the officers or persons who shall be employed at the said mint, for the purpose of profit or gain, or otherwise with a fraudulent intent, and if any of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which shall at any time be committed to their charge for the purpose of being coined, or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mint, every such officer or person who shall commit any or either of the said offences, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death..
Though try, as they might; apparently, some statist commissar turd noticed that the 'peons' were getting uppity, because apparently someone actually got scared enough of what the said 'uppity peons' may do, or perhaps worried that the pissed off citizenry may call for a return of the appropriate punishment for debasing currency, that SOMEONE apparently
ERASED the penalty portion of it, from Wikipedia!
I should know, because I referenced that link many times!
As the above Constitution.org link clearly verifies to be the same, it used to read, as follows:
Quality control measures were implemented in that from each separate mass of gold or silver used to produce coins, three coins were set aside by the treasurer. Each year on the last Monday in July, under the inspection of the Chief Justice, the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, the coins were to be assayed and if the coins did not meet established standards, the officers were disqualified from office. Further, specified in section 19, the penalty for fraud or embezzlement by officers or employees of the mint, or of debasing or making the currency to "be of less weight or value" was death.
Now, it reads as:
Quality control measures were implemented in that from each separate mass of gold or silver used to produce coins, three coins were set aside by the treasurer. Each year on the last Monday in July, under the inspection of the Chief Justice, the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, the coins were to be assayed and if the coins did not meet established standards, the officers were disqualified from office. The meetings later became formalized as the United States Assay Commission.
LOL!!!!
Talk about a telling zeitgeist! Think it's safe to say that they know that we know what they know.o)
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UPDATE: Wow, that was quick; apparently someone noticed, and fixed it, back to listing the death penalty section!
Courtesy of TomJefferson! Thanks for the heads up.
Now, it reads as follows, again:
Quality control measures were implemented in that from each separate mass of gold or silver used to produce coins, three coins were set aside by the treasurer. Each year on the last Monday in July, under the inspection of the Chief Justice, the Secretary and Comptroller of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, the coins were to be assayed and if the coins did not meet established standards, the officers were disqualified from office. Further, specified in section 19, the penalty for fraud or embezzlement by officers or employees of the mint, or of debasing or making the currency to "be of less weight or value" was death. The meetings later became formalized as the United States Assay Commission.
Ooh those sneaky statist Keynesian rascals!
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