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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 6256815, member: 4910&quot;]&quot;The Amazing Mr. Nordill&quot; is a 1947 10 minute short film produced by the MGM motion picture company. It was part of the series of short films by producer John Nesbitt called &quot;Passing Parade&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story of Mr. Nordill, a counterfeiter of United States currency in the 1850&#039;s, is supposedly based in part on a true story. (Has anyone ever heard of Mr. Nordill outside of the film?)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/nordill.16341/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Title</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1933 to 1960 there was a United States Treasury Department regulation prohibiting the showing of United States notes and coins in motion pictures without permission from the Department. The regulation was repealed in 1960.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/nordill.16342/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Treasury Department notice</p><p><br /></p><p>The film is about an Everett Nordill who in the 1850&#039;s is an expert counterfeiter. He even trains his three young daughters as his assistants in engraving.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/nordill.16343/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mr. nordill approves of his daughter&#039;s work</p><p><br /></p><p>The film shows some 1850&#039;s notes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/nordill.16344/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>United States notes</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Nordill eventually gets caught.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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