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Lincoln and the secret service
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Lincoln and the secret service
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05-27-2013, 08:45 AM
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RE: Lincoln and the secret service
It makes sense Lincoln would act on the counterfeiting issue. I forget the percentage, but an astronomical amount of the paper money circulating during the Civil War was counterfeit. I think it was around 50%.
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