Tourist's Counterfeit $50 Bill One of the cleverest tricks of the forger's game came to light in Shanghai recently. A European called at an exchange shop in Broadway to buy American dollars. The following day he discovered that one of the $50 notes he had, Purchased was spurious, on presenting it for examination by the police. The figuring and lettering had been very skilfully altered, and it required much scrutiny to notice any defects. An American and Far Eastern gang are said to
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