In this work, the author tells, in an engaging way, the history of counterfeit money—from ancient times to the present day. He describes the most interesting cases of forgery of currency and the loudest schemes of the “famous” counterfeiters.
For a wide range of readers.
G. Vermush is a popular writer in the GDR; Soviet readers know him from the books “Diamonds in World History and the History of Diamonds” (“International Relations,” 1988), “Silver: From the History of Noble Metal” (“Progress,” 1989).