This is Sir Isaac Newton, Master of the Mint, and chief of England's secret police: the scourge of counterfeiters. He fights crime.
>>18667245I was blown away reading Newton's account of gathering intelligence on one of the counterfeiters he eventually arrested and had executed, he mentions the counterfeiter was originally a Japanner, which in the 17th century meant someone who makes and sells imitation Japanese art and porcelain.There were weebs buying their weeb crap in 17th century England.
>>18667250>had executedmean
>>18667250Tbf back then buying Japanese merchandise meant mastercrafted lacquerware, porcelain, silk, jade jewelry and not quasi-pornographic plastic figurines.