The "Atlantic City Post" was the first newspaper in the United States to report on the situation in Portugal.
However, at the beginning, the American public did not pay much attention to this matter, merely using Portugal's fake currency scandal as a topic to mock Portugal's financial chaos.
"Look, a small country is still a small country, they even let people forge checks, and even managed to produce real fake currency!"
This was the general sentiment among the American public.
In fact, during this era, the United States was not lacking in cases of forged checks, but these were not significant enough to make a stir. Plus, with media guidance, the American public always believed their check system was secure.
It wasn't until the sixties, with the appearance of the great American con artist Frank Abagnale, that Americans realized their check system was quite vulnerable.
