counterfeiting, n.Definitions

Counterfeiting (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠possible because money's names can stay the same while the metal behind them changes — which is why it plays so large a role in the history of states.

Counterfeiting (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠philosophy when Diogenes helps his banker son falsify coins: the free individual rises above institutions by understanding them well enough to parody them.