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Interesting stories related to fake money.

  • Don't mess with a genius (HN)
    • Isaac Newton, was once an unknown detective working in the mint industry and catching counterfeit
    • The story of a counterfeiter, William Chaloner, who was caught by Newton
    • Great quote from Newton's later years:

      I don’t know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered around me.

  • The greatest counterfeiter in the world (HN)
    • The story of Artur Alves Reis counterfeit too much that it almost stopped being illegal
    • Instead of faking money, he fake his way into creating real money, having "legitimate" official documents and a bank
  • Former Secret Service Agent Explains How to Detect Counterfeit Money
    • The Secret Service was first established to fight counterfeiting, later providing presidential protection