ABSTRACT

This article looks at the controversy which emerged between the Bank of England and a number of external actors over various proposals to modify the printing of the Bank’s paper-money during the Bank restriction period of 1797–1821. As a result of this controversy, the debate over the best method to prevent the forgery of the Bank’s paper-money became increasingly technical and specialised over the Restriction period. I argue that, as a result of the growing technical nature of the controversy that emerged, the problem of the forgery of the Bank’s paper-money became depoliticised – separated from the controversial political and social context that attended the widespread introduction of paper-money in early nineteenth-century British society.

抽象的

本文着眼于英格兰银行与许多外部参与者之间在1797–1821年银行限制期间修改银行纸币印刷方式的各种提议之间的争议。由于这一争议，在限制期内，关于防止伪造世界银行纸币的最佳方法的争论变得越来越技术化和专业化。我认为，由于争议的技术性日渐提高，世界银行的纸币伪造问题变得非政治化了，与有争议的政治和社会背景脱钩，后者引起了广泛的纸币引进。十九世纪初的英国社会。