A greed-consumed numismatist plots to switch a wealthy collector's gold double-eagle coins with counterfeits, using and abusing his trusting accomplices along the way.
Following the apparently accidental death of a man inside a hotel on fire, Mike Stone and Steve Keller engage in a difficult investigation. It takes them a long search before they manage to identify the victim and to establish that Ernie Walter was about to counterfeit money. They decide as a result to consult an expert, Vince Hagopian...—Guy Bellinger