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American & European Secret Service Co., 1879 Issued Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:55.00 USD Estimated At:85.00 - 150.00 USD
American & European Secret Service Co., 1879 Issued Certificate
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Issued Membership Certificate, Black print on black border on over sized certificate, Bald Eagle at center of title, VF-XF condition with minor toning and splitting at fold lines. This company was considered a fraud in 1880 by the United States Postal Service and it's partner American Detective Newspaper. it was founded to enlists subscribers help in finding "conspiracies". The president of the company, Byron H. Robb, was a convicted perjurer and dam able villain. In October 1877 he was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in Cincinnati for using the mail with intent to defraud and in late 1880 the U. S. Post Office department circulated a list of ïparties known or believed to be guilty of fraudulent practices.Í Prominent on the list was Byron H. Robb of Cincinnati, along with no fewer than nine of his business names, including the Electro-Magnetic Brush Co., American and European Secret Service Co., Monitor Lamp Co., and strangely, the Singapore Tobacco Co. RobbÍs Secret Service scam involved selling (for $3) an official-looking American & European Secret Service Co. document appointing the applicant as ïa member of our force.Í The recipient might then be given several (fictitious) leads and told that if, at the end of six months, he had done any good work, he would be hired at $3 a day.