The Counterfeit Coin

In "The Case of the Templar's Sword," Brains Benton (Operative X) and Jimmy Carson (Operative Three) find themselves up to their eyeballs in mystery. A house appears to be haunted and it gets broken into. However, nothing was taken! What were they looking for? The firm of Benton and Carson flies into high gear and uses all of their resources to try and figure things out. That includes using their new hydrofoil speedboat and going on a perilous journey underneath a mountain of rock! Join our daring operatives in their latest adventure of chills and spills!

To date, this book is the only record and firsthand account of the religious cult that existed in North Canterbury, New Zealand, from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. Known as "Camp David Christian Cooperative Community" or "The God Squad," the property was a prominent landmark. Its block-walled castellations, and turrets from which heraldic flags and banners were flown provided the passerby with quite a spectacular view. A carefully cultivated religious facade was presented to the public, one which many members themselves believed was genuine. The close-knit community existed side by side with locals within the Amberley and Waipara townships, and other areas further afield. However, the community disintegrated amidst revelations of sexual deviancy and impropriety by the man who had been the founder and spiritual leader of the cult. Now, the author gives the reader an inside glimpse into her life within those walls, and the invisible prison bars which kept her there, up until the death of the founder, Douglas Alexander Metcalf. True to its title, "The Counterfeit Coin "reveals both the positive aspects of the Community, along with the flipside, so carefully concealed from both members and the general public."

Excerpt from New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins: Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion; With Mint Values I. Recent Coins of the World. Belgium, Bolivia, Britain, Central America, Chili, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hayti, Mexico, Milan, Netherlands, New Grenada, Norway, Peru, Prussia, Russia, Siam, Sweden Turkey, United States, California, II. Recent Counterfeit Coins, III. Gold from California, A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.