Waterlow & Sons
Books
- Printed by the Bank Itself Alves dos Reis, Waterlow & Sons, and the Banknote Fraud That Shook Portugal · Liszt Think
In 1925, a Lisbon clerk with a forged Oxford diploma orchestrated the largest banknote fraud in history.
- The Printer on Threadneedle StreetWhat remained was to set it in motion. In the spring of 1924, a clerk at Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., carried a steel plate from the vault room to the inspection table at 65 Threadneedle Street. The plate bore the intricate engraving…
- The Contract from the Bank of Portugal…rmark, the precise alignment of its printed elements—had to match specimens familiar to any London printer who would eventually receive it. Waterlow & Sons, on Threadneedle Street, had executed contracts for the Bank of Portugal before. Their familiarity with authentic documents created both op…
- The Authorisation from Threadneedle StreetThe portfolio that Artur dos Reis carried into Waterlow & Sons occupied the full width of his forearm, its leather surface darkened by handling into something between burgundy and brown. He had purchase…