Leon Warnerke
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Leon Warnerke was a well-known 19th century currency forger who spent most of his career in south-east London. His name may have been a pseudonym.
Warnerke's place of birth is unknown, but he is thought to have been from either Russia or Moravia. He lived a double life, maintaining a career as a photographer and businessman (in 1875 actually patenting a roll-film holder for paper impregnated with gelatin silver bromide). Nevertheless, Warnerke is thought to have been the head of a group of anarchists and ex-communists and to have engaged in massive and highly successful forgery of European banknotes, with an emphasis on Russian rubles. He was a master paper maker and managed to elude capture throughout his criminal career. It has also been rumored that he faked his own death in 1900.
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- Crisp and even. 'The Economist. Retrieved April 10, 2006.
- Leyshon, William E. 1984-2001. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 19th CENTURY: A Process Identification Guide. Retrieved April 10, 2006.
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