Peter Merton's private mint by Harlan Ellison

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Author Ellison, Harlan, 1934-2018
Illustrator Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971
Title Peter Merton's private mint
Original Publication New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1956.
Note Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "Peter Merton's Private Mint" by Lee Archer is a science fiction story set in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around Peter Merton, a young executive who faces financial ruin after a substantial sum of money is stolen from his office safe. The story explores themes of luck, discovery, and the consequences of ambition, with a twist involving time travel and the exchange of historical documents for modern currency. In the plot, Peter Merton discovers a peculiar communication from the future, sent by Rolath Guelph, who is a member of the Thirtieth Century's Terrestrial Bureau of Historical Investigation. The message reveals a method for transferring items through time in exchange for historical artifacts. As Merton engages in this exchange, his fortune rapidly grows, inadvertently attracting the attention of the U.S. Treasury, who suspects foul play. Just as Merton is about to face serious consequences for what appears to be a money counterfeiting scheme, a chaotic turn of events reveals that the truth is even stranger than fiction, involving a mix-up with stolen money and items being returned to their rightful time. Ultimately, the story balances humor, intrigue, and the complexities that come with greed and opportunity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject Time travel -- Fiction
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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