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Cragg Vale Coiners
Hartley family gravestone, Heptonstall; the inscription "David Hartley 1770" is legible at the top
FoundedAlso known as Yorkshire Coiners
Founded by"King" David Hartley
Founding locationCragg Vale, Hebden Royd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Years active1760s
TerritoryYorkshire
EthnicityBritish
Membership (est.)40 - 200
Criminal activitiesCounterfeiting

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.

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