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The Melted Coins

Volume #23 in the Hardy Boys Canon (1-58) series

Original edition (1944)

  • Ghostwriter: Leslie McFarlane
  • Summary: After receiving an amnesiac's warning about the "Curse of the Caribbees," the boys foil a gang that is stealing valuable coins and melting them down for counterfeit.

Revised edition (1970)

  • Revision type: Completely rewritten, with no plot elements retained from the original; the new story involves a summer-school scam and the theft of a sacred Seneca mask. (More about revisions.)
  • Ghostwriter: Andrew E. Svenson

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Laune,
1944

Leone,
1962

Nappi,
1970