Making Counterfeit Coins


  • Newly-counterfeited coins cool in the mold.

  • Interpreter Mike Noftsger painstakingly applies gold leaf to illegal tender.

  • Gilt confers false value on worthless slugs.

  • A silversmith's tools are tasked in the making of false gold.

  • Fresh coins are counted and stacked into piles of illusory value.

  • Lowe Jackson, portrayed by Mark Sowell, was a Williamsburg silversmith who counterfeited coins.

  • A palmful of convincing coins, ready for circulation.

  • Roger Hohensee assists in the operation.

  • The suspect coin is evaluated in court.

  • Tom Hay assists in the trial. Joseph Musika weighs the evidence. Clayton Williams makes a judgment.

  • Coarse rope knotted tight is the counterfeiter's last collar. Richard Nicoll tugs the line.

  • Darin Tschopp's team of oxen awaits its burden.

  • Tried and convicted, the criminal is delivered to the site of his demise.
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