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NNP ADDS SMITH'S NUMISMATIC ROGUES GALLERYThe latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is Pete Smith's Numismatic Rogues Gallery. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. -Editor 
Pete Smith's Numismatic Rogues Gallery Added to NNP The commercial side of numismatics has a way of attracting ne'er-do-wells, and to be sure academic and museum collections are no less susceptible. Pete Smith's latest work shines a spotlight on 275 perpetrators of numismatic crimes, compiling the pertinent data in a single reference. In earlier days, dealers published their own lists of individuals not to be trusted, but the explosion of public information in the Internet age allows for a more systematic approach. Readers are encouraged to contribute suggestions and additions.
Image: Samuel Hudson & Henry Chapman Note that Pete's book isn't a list of deadbeats who don't pay their bills - a documented conviction is required. Handy categories include burglary, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, embezzlement, bank fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, murder, pedophilia, Ponzi schemes, fencing stolen property, safe cracking, tax evasion and plain old theft, with special chapters for the Dupont and Fogg Museum heists. Bank safes, FBI raids, cash hoards, dead bodies, mug shots and prison jumpsuits abound. But it's not just rogues - their victims appear here, too. Interesting reading. -Editor
Link to Numismatic Rogues Gallery on NNP:
Link to S. H. & H. Chapman 1906 client list, including
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