A base coin was fake one and a hanging offence if you were charged with making them. In early times in England anyone caught could be burnt at the stake. Irene Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi (including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Weller" <tamweller@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:40 PM Subject: [TAS-CON] convict crime?? > Hi everyone, > > I was just wondering if someone might know what the crime of an ancestor of > mine was. She stole a ‘base coin’. I have no idea what that means!!! > > Tamara.