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  2. Forgery as covert operation - Wikipedia

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    The United States Secret Service was created by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1865 to combat the high counterfeit rate of currency. At the time, one-third to one-half of all U.S currency in circulation was counterfeit. [ 16 ]

  3. United States Secret Service - Wikipedia

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    The Secret Service's other primary mission is investigative; to protect the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and electronic-based crimes including counterfeit U.S. currency, bank and financial institution fraud, illicit financing operations, cybercrime, identity theft, intellectual property ...

  4. Superdollar - Wikipedia

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    They were arrested in 2002 after an operation that involved the U.S. Secret Service. The counterfeit currency recovered included $3.5 million worth of $100 bills and £2.5 million of £10 notes, which Bank of England experts said were of excellent quality.

  5. New report lays out 'shocking' Secret Service failures that ...

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    The Secret Service told Business Insider in a statement it has "begun to implement" many of the report's "proposed enhancements." The Secret Service told Business Insider in a statement it has ...

  6. Counterfeit United States currency - Wikipedia

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    "To Counterfeit is Death" - counterfeit warning printed on the reverse of a 4 shilling Colonial currency in 1776 from Delaware Colony American 18th–19th century iron counterfeit coin mold for making fake Spanish milled dollars and U.S. half dollars Anti-counterfeiting features on a series 1993 U.S. $20 bill The security strip of a U.S. $20 bill glows under black light as a safeguard against ...

  7. Largest counterfeit bust in US history nets $1 billion in ...

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    From handbags to clothing, shoes and even sunglasses, federal authorities say they seized more than $1 billion worth of counterfeit luxury products in New York, making it the largest seizure of ...

  8. Counterfeit money - Wikipedia

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    The amount of counterfeit United States currency is estimated to be less than $3 per $10,000, with less than $3 per $100,000 being difficult to detect. [23] As a result of their rarity, gold and silver certificates have sometimes been erroneously flagged as counterfeits in the United States when they have, in fact, been genuine. [24]

  9. Albert Talton's wild ride: Lessons from a $7 million dollar ...

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    When Albert Talton decided to print some of his own money, he had no experience in counterfeiting, printing, or graphic design. A career criminal with a curious and meticulous nature, at the time ...