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Clause 6; Punishment of counterfeiting

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 6: Punishment of Counterfeiting

  • Posted on June 2, 1787
  • /Under Clause 6; Punishment of counterfeiting
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To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; This power is a logically necessary extension of the previous powers, and is significant for its implication that the Congress may issue securities. The most important of these is paper currency, which in the…continue reading →

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