ABSTRACT

Documents which represent sums of money are all subject to forgery, since they are one of the forms most vulnerable to misuse. Banknotes, stamps, bonds and certificates all come into this category, especially when the indi­ vidual signing of such documents was largely abandoned in the mid-19th century. Certificates and cheques are two of the exceptions, even if, with the advent of modern cash registers, the whole of the cheque is not filled out by hand.