. >> samuel upham. >> upham. >> he is probably my favorite of the three this because he is the least conventional. when the civil war, sent during 1862 he starts to print confederate currency which he sees reproduced on the cover of the philadelphia inquirer. he sells these notes from his shop. he doesn't call them counterfeits. he calls them facsimiles. his idea is they will be souvenirs. it was credible because people bobbly thought that the rebellion would be crushed fairly quickly. as the world goes on he expands his enterprise to become a major counterfeiting operation. >> did he get caught or punished? >> he is never punished. the south kayten. his name appears in the town of richmond is peppers. counterfeit in the currency of a government is emphatically not recognized. there is endless speculation and conspiracy theories. he may have received funding. there is really no evidence either way. they probably test let it happen. >> at what point did this country get to a single currency? >> well, it happens during the civil war. there is a number of remarkable and unprecedented st

. >> samuel upham? >> yeah. and he is probably my favorite of the three just because he's the least conventional. he's a shopkeeper in downtown philadelphia. he runs a stationer in store on chestnut street. and when the civil war comes in 1862 or so, he starts to print confederate currency which he sees reproduced on the coffer of the "philadelphia inquirer". now, he sells these notes from his shop, and he doesn't call them counterfeits, he calls them facsimiles. and his idea is that they're going to be souvenirs which was credible because people mostly thought the rebellion would be crushed fairly quickly. but as the war goes on and becomes more serious, he expands his enterprise to become a major counterfeiting operation. >> and did he get caught or punished at the end? is. >> he's never punished. the south hates him. i mean, his name appears in a ton of richmond newspapers, but he is never punished because he is counterfeiting the currency of a government that is emphatically not recognized by the union. and