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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1726816, member: 12789&quot;]They were printed using the offset method of printing, with multiple printing passes just like the intaglio prints.&nbsp; It would be disconcerting today to appreciate how much currency in circulation during that time was actually counterfeit, raised(making a $10 out of a $1) or even fraudulently issued.&nbsp; Even state legislatures like South Carolina&#039;s in 1872 &quot;authorised&quot; fraudulent currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>Freeing a convicted counterfeiter from prison was the objective of the criminal gang that attempted to break into Lincoln&#039;s tomb in an attempt to ransom their associate in return for Lincoln&#039;s body.&nbsp; I myself have several forged notes from the 1860s on up into the 1890s - my black box collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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