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Founded | Also known as Yorkshire Coiners |
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Founded by | "King" David Hartley |
Founding location | Cragg Vale, Hebden Royd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Years active | 1760s |
Territory | Yorkshire |
Ethnicity | British |
Membership (est.) | 40–200 |
Criminal activities | Counterfeiting |
The Cragg Vale Coiners, sometimes the Yorkshire Coiners, were a band of counterfeiters in England, based in Cragg Vale, near Hebden Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire. They produced debased gold coins in the late 18th century to supplement small incomes from weaving.