Then Again: Faking money the old-fashioned way

Examples of Christian Meadows’ legal engraving work, part of the Vermont Historical Society’s collections. Meadows was convicted of counterfeiting paper currency and sentenced to serve time at the state prison in Windsor. Photo by Mark Bushnell
(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
By all accounts, Christian Meadows was a decent fellow — hardworking, respectful and generally honest. Why, then, did he make such an unfortunate career de