coinage offence

Such conduct was often considered to be high treason: this Act downgraded the offence to felony and abolished the death penalty for all coinage offences.

The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Coinage Offences Bill during its passage through Parliament.

However there was to be no corruption of blood for treason by counterfeiting coins (although corruption of blood had already been abolished for coinage offences by the Coin Act 1575).

Coinage Offences Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in New Zealand and the United Kingdom which relates to coinage offences.

Of these statutes, the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act, the Larceny Act and the Coinage Offences Act have been repealed in England and Wales.