02474cam a22003613u 4500 73497 UtSlPG 20260610134712.0 m cr n 260607r20241956utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Ellison, Harlan, 1934-2018 Peter Merton's private mint Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2024 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Fantastic October 1956. Release date is 2024-04-29 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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themes of luck, discovery, and the consequences of ambition, with a twist involving time travel and the exchange of historical documents for modern currency.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.) Originally published: New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1956 Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971 Produced from Fantastic October 1956. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73497 114222 114222