OTish: Book ID ?

Jethro_uk · 2019-12-17T10:53:28+00:00

asking here because it may have appealed to DIYers ...in the 90s, I read a true-crime book by a forger. The covers claim was that he cost the US treasury millions by forging their "unforgeable" dollars months after they were released.It was very detailed, and mentioned oddities they had used in the dollar production to make it impossible to photograph a dollar bill and have it all in focus. (He managed to get around that by photographing 1mm squares at different focal lengths and stitching them into a single plate).There was also mention that US currency has 1mm plastic rods of different colours embedded - one test for genuine is to tease one out under a microscope.Try as I might I can't seem to find it now. Does anyone recall reading it, and (more usefully) who wrote it ?It ended with him being caught (he makes the point forgers will always risk being caught next to a sodding big printing press) and choosing to plead guilty in the UK to avoid a US case.

Dec 17, 2019 Last reply: 6 years ago 20 Replies

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Adam Funk 6 years ago

Not yet, but it sounds like you need a hobby... ;-)

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