EPISODE · Sep 20, 2022 · 21 MIN
Counterfeit
from Dr. History's Tales of the Old West · host Dr. Ken Turner
The Eddys and the Splawns used wooden molds of five, ten and twenty-dollar gold pieces to make their own money. With careful research they used plaster coins, coated with an alloy, then coated with a gold mixture and using an electric battery produced the counterfeit coins. Charley Reavis, an amateur detective solved the case, the family went to jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Eddys and the Splawns used wooden molds of five, ten and twenty-dollar gold pieces to make their own money. With careful research they used plaster coins, coated with an alloy, then coated with a gold mixture and using an electric battery produced the counterfeit coins. Charley Reavis, an amateur detective solved the case, the family went to jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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