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When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America
In 19th-century America almost anyone could print their own money – and many did. One of the most notable figures to take this up was a man named James Brown, a charismatic conman who built a fortune producing fake bankn...
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When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America is an episode from Behind The Money with the Financial Times by Topher Forhecz. In 19th-century America almost anyone could print their own money – and many did. One of the mos...
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Published May 6, 2026, 56:10 long, audio available.
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