counterfeits and counterfeiting

An account of how counterfeiter Benjamin Boyd's gang stole the body of Abraham Lincoln and demanded Boyd's release from jail and two hundred thousand dollars as ransom and the efforts of the Secret Service to recover the remains.

In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.

Impressed by his first case, Principal Links asks fourth-grade detective Jon Gummyshoes to find out who is selling fake comic books to the students, but Jon is not going to like where his investigation leads him.

When a Secret service agent arrives to investigate their harmless practical joke, two teen-age boys are put on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters.

Nancy Drew investigates a scheme to produce counterfeit Japanese raku pottery.

An account of how counterfeiter Benjamin Boyd's gang stole the body of Abraham Lincoln and demanded Boyd's release from jail and two hundred thousand dollars as ransom and the efforts of the Secret Service to recover the remains.

When her grandmother decides to ditch assisted living and start a boarding house, fourteen-year-old Amanda Jane Keeling, or Rebel, signs on for the work crew, where she just happens to meet a teenaged boy taller than she is and to embroil them both in a mystery.

Describes the history of the coins of the world, discusses coin collecting as a hobby and as a business, and examines the history of counterfeiting.

Discusses forgery and counterfeiting and describes methods used to detect fraudulent imitation of handwriting, money, documents, and other items.

Presents a discussion of various cases of fraud and counterfeit throughout history, and covers developments in forensic science, including chemical testing, DNA evidence, and photographic analysis.