A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
By (author): "Stephen Mihm"
Publish Date:
September 1st 2007
ISBN0674026578
ISBN139780674026575
AsinA Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
Original titleA Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Yet confidence in the money supply is a recent phenomenon: prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper