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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 315 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COUNTERFEITING (from Lat. contra-facere, to make in opposition or contrast)

COUNTERFEITING (from See also:
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Lat. contra-facere, to make in opposition or contrast) , making an See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation without authority and for the purpose of defrauding . The word is more particularly used in connexion with the making of imitations of See also:

MONEY

money, whether See also:

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coin .

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