Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 1 | Counterfeiters Ply Trade near Liberty Statue

I Counterfeiters I Ply Tra Trade e Near i Liberty Statue NEW YORK Oct 18 IL-A IL A raid rard II tonight on a scow which for two years has lain at anchor in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty I disclosed a counterfeiting plant which government agents said I they believed was operated by an international ring which has been flooding the country with bogusI bogus nickels dimes and quarters for I seven years Three counterfeit treasury de department department de de- moulds were found in inthe inthe I the scow scow the one of I I five rive craft raided during the day I The coins found were said by se secret secret secret se- se cret service operatives to be perfect perfect per per- feet in detail but lack lacking ng in the weight eight of good coin A quantity I I of metal alloy the raw mat material rial of Df counterfeiting was also conI con con- I