CHAPTER 5. - Mintmasters Who Proceed to Make Counterfeit Coins. In It Are 2 Articles.

1. Concerning those mintmasters who proceed to mint copper, or tin, or steel coins; or who proceed to add copper, or tin, or lead to the silver in the minting process, and thereby cause losses to the sovereign's treasury: punish those mintmasters for such an act with death, pour [molten metal] down their throats.

2. If masters of gold and silver work take from someone gold and silver to process, and proceed to mix copper, and tin, and lead into the gold and silver: after investigation, beat them with the knout for that. Concerning the fact that they caused someone losses by mixing copper, or tin, or lead into the gold or silver: having exacted [the amount of the loss] from them, return it to that person to whom they caused such loss.