Former Secret Service Agent Explains How to Detect Counterfeit Money • Discoverology

Former Secret Service Agent Explains How to Detect Counterfeit Money

Former Secret Service Agent Jonathan Wackrow explains how the Service keeps counterfeit currency out of circulation. The Secret Service was installed to combat counterfeit money during the Civil War, and the Service still to this day works tirelessly to suppress counterfeits.

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