Great Cases of Detective Burns The Monroe-head Counterfeit w/ Nook Direct Link Technology (A Mystery Classic)

"The detective has got to have God-given quantities of patience and endurance," said William J. Burns, "and then he's got to cultivate them some more. He is tested nearly every day. Now, the famous mystery of the counterfeit Monroe-head hundred-dollar silver certificate,"--Burns paused to hitch himself forward in his chair,--"that was the cleverest and most baffling counterfeit that was ever made. It was the only time that counterfeiters succeeded in making a note so perfect that all of the government experts except one-- W. H. Moran--declared it genuine. After we had located the criminals, it took us over a year to get the evidence necessary to convict them.