Saillon
Passage des Lombards (1)

For about ten years, until his death in 1880, Farinet minted thousands of counterfeit 20-cent coins (now worth about 1.50 euros). His life was fictionalised by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz in "Farinet ou la Fausse Monnaie", in which the Vaudois writer tells a story that is far from reality. Farinet never exploited a gold mine that allowed him to mint coins of better quality than the official currency, but the legend is nice!

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