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Beale ciphers
Beale ciphers2 key questions · 5 questions · 0 answered
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QuestionWhere it stands
Most likelyCiphers 1 and 3 were made up from the same numbered Declaration to look like ciphers; they encode nothing
Most likelyNothing was ever buried; the hoard exists only in the pamphlet
Most likelyThe corrections are the author's counting errors, carried into both cipher 2 and the fabricated ciphers 1 and…
Most likelyJames B. Ward, the named agent, wrote the narrative, the letters and the ciphers
Most likelyBeale is a fictional character