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Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

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How Challenger Got Too Close to a Thief

Challenger got too close to one of the thefts and had to go into hiding. While lying low in Hatton Garden, he met somebody who was a 'Japaner' Japaners were people who would re-die clothes black and resell them. And from this man, Challenger learned how to guild. He then starts to make first French pistols and then guineas and then a whole range of other coins. It turned out he had a, he was a good engraver. That's how he could fake the multilattery tickets. Also faked bank of England notes and forged checks on charity hospitals.

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