Investigating of the processes of counterfeiting coins in Ukraine in the imperial period is possible using of a number of material, pictorial, behavioral and written sources. The main material source in the study of the chosen topic are the counterfeit of coins and banknotes. These artifacts, in turn, are stored in museum collections and private, sometimes contained as a material evidences in archival cases stitched as the separate sheets inside. The pages of cases of the State archives reveal various aspects of the investigated type of crime in the specified period have rather high value and considerable potential in studying of the topic of money counterfeiting. Although there are some disadvantages with the use of the newspaper periodicals, messages in the Imperial presses expand our understanding of the processes of counterfeiting. The published works of the previous researchers are stored in the holdings of libraries, as well as in private book collections are uploaded to the Internet bases and resources, also the personal pager in the social media for the scientists which are also useful when studying the topic. Fake coins sold at numismatic auctions are recorded in the relevant sales catalogs. Additional data provides researchers with photos and videos saved in the state historical archives

Russian Empire; money forging; methodology of forgery discovery; archive materials; museum collections