GoldBug Code

Edgar Allan Poe's Gold-Bug substitution alphabet.

The GoldBug code appeared in Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story The Gold-Bug. The story includes the cipher and a description of how to solve simple substitution ciphers.

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