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In 1862 The New York Times Reported That Nearly 80 Percent Of American Currency In Circulation Was Counterfeit. In New York And Philadelphia Outlaw Engravers Worked By Day For The Banks That Issued Real Bank Notes And By Night Supplied Counterfeits To An Underground Industry. By The End Of The 1860s Counterfeit Production And Distribution Networks Had Spread Nationwide. The Federal Government Was Compelled To Respond To This Growing Illegal Enterprise, Which Represented A Threat To Both The National Economy And The Federal Government's Authority To Control The Currency. In 1865 It Created The Secret Service - An Agency That Over The Next Forty Years, Would Eradicate Counterfeiting As A Major Urban Crime.--book Jacket. Illegal Tender Chronicles One Of The Most Successful Law Enforcement Campaigns Ever Conducted Against The American Underworld. With Colorful Vignettes Of Criminals And Their Gambits, David R. Johnson Explores The Evolution Of Counterfeiting As A Peculiarly Urban Crime, Detailing Its Markets, Advertising, And Distribution Networks - As Well As Such Schemes As The Green-goods Game, Which Netted Some Outfits $40,000 A Month In Profit. He Examines The Initial Mission Of T

Author

David Ralph Johnson

Publisher

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781560983590

Subjects

Social Science, Finance, Political Science

Rating

5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14