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Josh’s Golden Scam

THE NICKEL THAT CAUSED A DOLLAR’S WORTH OF SCANDAL

Like so many things in life, it seemed like a good idea at the time. And it would have been, too, if one man’s swindle hadn’t ruined everything. When all was said and done, a conman got off scot free, Washington had egg on its face, and a new phrase entered the American vocabulary that’s still used today.

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