Coinage Act 1708
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for continuing the former Acts for the Encouragement of the Coinage; and to encourage the bringing Foreign Coins, and British or Foreign Plate, to be coined; and for making Provision for the Mints in Scotland; and for the prosecuting Offences concerning the Coin in England. |
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| Citation | 7 Ann. c. 24 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 April 1709 |
| Commencement | 16 November 1708[a] |
| Repealed | 15 July 1867 |
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| Amends | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1867 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Coinage Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
Section 1 of the act continued the Coin Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 5), as continued by the Coinage Act 1672 (25 Cha. 2. c. 8), revived and continued by the Coinage Act 1685 (1 Ja. 2. c. 7), continued by the Estreats (Personal Representatives) Act 1692 (4 Will. & Mar. c. 24) and continued by the Taxation Act 1700 (12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 11), and the Mint Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 9) until the end of the first session of the next parliament 7 years after 1 March 1708. Section 1 of the act also extended the acts "to all Wines and such other Liquors as aforesaid which shall be imported or brought into Great Britain for and during all such Term and Time as are before mentioned".[1]