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Though all but unheard of today, the banker and real-estate speculator Andrew Dexter, Jr., was widely known--and reviled--in early-nineteenth-century America, especially in Boston, where he oversaw the construction of the Exchange Coffee House, a marketplace, hotel, and dining venue that was the city's tallest building. Unfortunately, Dexter financed the project using worthless currency printed by regional banks that he himself controlled, and ...