top | item 45903564 (no title) kgermino | 3 months ago It's primarily done for security and secondarily a benefit making it easier (for everyone!) to identify denomination by feel discuss order hn newest hollerith|3 months ago What security benefit is unlocked by varying the size of the bills? ceejayoz|3 months ago For (very fancy) cloth/paper bills like American ones, some counterfeiters wash the inks out of $1 bills to make $100 ones. Only possible if the $100s are the same or smaller size.https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/counterfeit-currency-warni...I believe the US made washing much harder with other techniques because of this in recent years.
hollerith|3 months ago What security benefit is unlocked by varying the size of the bills? ceejayoz|3 months ago For (very fancy) cloth/paper bills like American ones, some counterfeiters wash the inks out of $1 bills to make $100 ones. Only possible if the $100s are the same or smaller size.https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/counterfeit-currency-warni...I believe the US made washing much harder with other techniques because of this in recent years.
ceejayoz|3 months ago For (very fancy) cloth/paper bills like American ones, some counterfeiters wash the inks out of $1 bills to make $100 ones. Only possible if the $100s are the same or smaller size.https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/counterfeit-currency-warni...I believe the US made washing much harder with other techniques because of this in recent years.
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I believe the US made washing much harder with other techniques because of this in recent years.