"Tis Death to Counterfeit": The British military printed fake colonial notes as an economic attack.

The article discusses the British military's use of counterfeit colonial notes as an economic attack during the Revolutionary War. Counterfeiting has been a practice for centuries, and counterfeit colonial notes are now highly collectible. The British Navy played a significant role in printing counterfeits, and two loyalists were executed for possessing counterfeit currency. The article also mentions the availability of resources for further research on counterfeiting in the colonies. [Extracted from the article]