Moneymakers : the wicked lives and surprising adventures of three notorious counterfeiters / Ben Tarnoff.
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TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2011Description: 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781594202872; 1594202877Other title: Money makersSubject(s): Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States -- Case studies | Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 364.1/334092273 LOC classification: HG336.U5 | T37 2011| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-351) and index.
The confidence man -- The populist -- The patriot.
Recounts how three of America's most successful counterfeiters, Owen Sullivan (worked 1720-1756), David Lewis (worked 1788-1820), and Samuel Upham (worked 1819-1885), each cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day.
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