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Re: A crazy way to make a few dishonest bucks?! 1860s-style.
A long excerpt from GOLD AND SILVER COINS, COUNTERFEIT COINS, AND BULLION; WITH MINT VALUES. THIRD EDITION, REARRANGED, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS BY JACOB R. ECKFELDT And WILLIAM E. DUBOIS, ASSAYERS OF THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES. Available via Google books (Thanks to the Krajelblog for leading me to this book) A much more… -
Re: A crazy way to make a few dishonest bucks?! 1860s-style.
I must have missed this thread in January. I have a more positive take on Dentuck's question - I think he's just asking to see contemporary evidence (as RWB and denga have led the way in illuminating numismatic research by doing). I think one of the best ways of examining counterfeiting in the 19th century is by reviewing… -
Re: A crazy way to make a few dishonest bucks?! 1860s-style.
I happened to be searching through Google Books again and tripped across this information in the 1878 Mint Report. I'm sufficiently interested in the subject that I thought I'd post it to this thread: I have long been impressed with the belief that the worst danger which threatens our gold coin, from counterfeiters, is the… -
Re: A crazy way to make a few dishonest bucks?! 1860s-style.
<< <i> However, if you read the related congressional records and historical context, you almost get the feeling that either... >> Almost get the feeling? Are you letting your gut, rather than hard, verifiable data, inform your opinion? Another variation on the old conundrum "if a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears…
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