Counterfeiting of Money in South Bessarabia in the First Half of the 19th century Cover Image
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Фальшивомонетничество в Южной Бессарабии в первой половине XIX в.
Counterfeiting of Money in South Bessarabia in the First Half of the 19th century

Author(s): Andrey S. Boiko-Gagarin
Subject(s): History, Economic history, Modern Age, 19th Century
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Izmail; Ottoman Empire; Russian Empire; The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia; Turkish coins; financial sabotage; forgery of bank notes;

Summary/Abstract: The object of the research is counterfeit money made and circulated on the territory of Southern Bessarabia from the time it was annexed to the Russian Empire until the middle of the 19th c. In the 1820s. Izmail was the most important center for the production of counterfeit money, where Ottoman coins were forged. Counterfeit Russian banknotes also arrived in Southern Bessarabia, being imported — through the Ottoman lands — from the rebellious Poland in 1830—1831, as well as from England and the United States. These financial sabotages were aimed at destabilizing the economic situation in the region.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 303-310
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian