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MR 880 AMERICA S WORST COUNTERFEITER http www coinbooks org v22 esylum_v22n25a28 html This morning The Hustle newsletter published a great lengthy article by Zachary Crockett on quot Mr 880 quot the infamous Depression era counterfeiter who eluded federal agents for more than a decade His story was made into a 1950 film mister 880 Here are some excerpts but be sure to read the complete article online which has additional images and links to supporting information including newspaper accounts Thanks to Pablo Hoffman for passing this along Editor From the film Mister 880 At the time replicating the look and feel of US currency was considered an expensive and difficult craft reserved for criminal cartels with de

e arrested in the 1930s as a result of investigations by Secret Service agents Often these accounts were accompanied by photographs of fake notes and sometimes of the printing presses that churned out the fake cash One of the display cases features nearly a dozen items relating to several kings of counterfeiting William E Brockway Emman uel Ninger aka Jim the Penman Edward Mueller aka mister 880 and Victor Lustig aka Count Lustig All were involved in the production and use of fake paper money Brockway counterfeited U S paper money for 50 years during the late 19th century He and engraver Charles H Smith worked togeth er for many of those years Their specialty was 6 percent U S coupon bonds dated Nov 16 1861 Examples of Brockway and Smith s work are on display in the exhi

He was the Service s expert on counterfeit currency Kind of a neat thing to have a currency expert named Surrency Anyhow I sat next to him in class and we got acquainted He then was talked into teaching a class on counterfeit currency the following year I asked him to bring the famous 880 one dollar bill the next year which he did It was interesting seeing the actual note I had seen the mister 880 movie some time before that Mark was around for 3 or 4 years numismatically I heard later that he had gone to another part of government To read the earlier E Sylum article see FINDING MR 880 THE CASE OF THE ONE DOLLAR COUNTERFEITER www coinbooks org esylum_v14n14a13 html

nd I was going to take the course again the next year so that I could have time to study them in detail but he did not come back and his boss who never supported his teaching the course did not appoint anyone else to take up the slack Ed Snible forwarded this link to a YouTube video of the Mr 880 movie trailer Thanks Editor To view the YouTube video see mister 880 www youtube com watch v 3Xk2oPkKuAI To read the earlier E Sylum article see MORE ON COUNTERFEITER MR 800 www coinbooks org esylum_v14n15a09 html

ments in History 1865 1990 department of the treasury united states secret service Forward by Director john R Simpson 2 Preface 3 The Early Days of the Secret Service 4 The Early Criminals 6 Special Duties 8 The Assassins 10 In Times of Need 12 Death of Agent Webster 13 The Formation of the U S Secret Service White Fiouse Police 14 Assassination Attempt 16 The Secret Service in World War II 17 mister 880 18 The Blair House November 1 1950 19 Theft at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 20 Vice President Nixon 21 The Assassination of President Kennedy and the Warren Commission 23 The Gladys Mann Shakowitz Bond Case 24 The Assassination of Robert F Kennedy and Candidate Protection 25 The Wallace Assassination Attempt 26 Marion John Williams a Persistent Counterfeiter 27 Two Assassination Attemp