The problem of counterfeit money manufacturing throughout the history has been acute for any world state. In addition to the intruders money, other tangible assets were attracted– securities, all kinds of documents that gave fashion the opportunity to illegally use tangible goods, property or to receive services without monetary costs. Counterfeits were subject to a variety of documents and securities that could make life easier or to make a profit for individuals. In the criminal cases of the State Historical Archives, evidence of the forgery of promissory notes, government bonds, stocks and bond coupons, as well as postage stamps whose illegal manufacture was equivalent to counterfeiting was retained. On the territory of Ukraine, there have been cases of falsification of: winning tickets of the 1st domestic state loan, «Freedom Loan» bonds coupons, counterfeit shares of the Putilovsky Factory’s Society, coupons of the Moscow Credit Society, Kiev Land Bank. In 1912, rumors of counterfeiting coupons of 4½% of Kharkiv Land Bank mortgage coupons were reported on newspaper counters throughout the Russian Empire. Fake securities were no less popular than making counterfeit money. Technologically, the degree of complexity was even less, and the potential amounts that could be obtained from counterfeit bills sometimes reached impressive levels, as documented in the sources

Russian empire; counterfeitin; securities; archival materials; newspaper publications; museum collections