US Marshal Harry Finch had received a ten dollar counterfeit note and his assignment was to find out who had been passing them around. Upon examining the bill, Harry noticed a distinct resemblance to a counterfeit bill his dad had been given years ago, and he had arrested a man and sent him to prison. Never having found the plates the case was never officially closed. And here it was years later and the bills were showing up again.
What followed would take US Marshal Harry Finch from his comfortable Washington D.C. office across the country to the Wild West in pursuit of the plates and whoever was responsible for them, and in doing so uncovered a plot to take over the US gold supply.
Many surprise turns on this journey.