Extracts from the Gazette, 1745
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette, November 21, 1745.

Several counterfeit Pistoles made of fine Brass, have lately appeared among us. They may be known by their being harder to the Teeth than Gold, and by their extream Lightness; a Piece of Brass equal in Bulk to a Piece of Gold, being not quite half the Weight.

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