Boggs aimed to have his audience question and investigate just what it is that makes "money" valuable in the first place. He steadfastly denied being a counterfeiter or forger, rather maintaining that a good-faith transaction between informed parties is certainly not fraud, even if the item transacted happens to resemble negotiable currency.

Arthur J. "Art" Williams Jr. is an American-born artist and former counterfeiter, [1] who counterfeited the 1996 hundred dollar bill, and was subject of the book The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten. His notoriety came as being the first to break all the security features within the 1996-issued $100 bill. [2]

2023年6月12日 · Arthur J. Williams Jr. spent 12 years in prison, where he learned to paint. Now, he’s a successful artist in Chicago whose work on canvas features all things currency. The man who strolled into Arthur J. Williams’ art gallery in Bridgeport a few years ago was well-spoken, dressed nicely and knew what he wanted.

2005年7月28日 · At thirty-two years old, Art Williams Jr. is a dying breed. In an era when ninety percent of American counterfeiters are amateurs who use inkjet printers to run off play money that can’t even...

2015年4月6日 · Arthur J. Williams Jr. is perhaps best known for being the counterfeiter who successfully replicated the supposedly impossible to replicate 1996 hundred-dollar bill.

2024年3月23日 · With their long history as patrons of the arts, the Cacciatores knew the difference between tossing money at artists and nurturing them. Joe asked Art if he could live off of $5,000 a month...

2017年2月1日 · The artist J. S. G. Boggs died last week at sixty-two. As the New York Times’s obit headline put it, HE MADE MONEY. LITERALLY. Boggs, who argued that every banknote was a work of art, drew counterfeit bills with an intricate attention to detail.

2021年8月26日 · Williams is a convicted counterfeiter originally from Chicago, one of the best in the world, known for replicating the unbreakable 1996 series $100 bill. After serving three prison...

2014年8月13日 · It’s ironic because Art Williams is also one of the most infamous money counterfeiters in recent American history. And he almost got away with it. The Chicago native is best...