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Greenbacks No More

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paper-or-plastic dept.

Chacham writes "The Financial Times has an article about the US adding colors to some denominations of US currency. Apparently, with both size and color the same, foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills.I still haven't gotten used to the larger pictures. And now this? As Kermit the frog sang, It's not easy being green." The Federal Reserve has a press release. At least there's no mention of RFID tags.

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  1. Re:About goddamn time by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The anti-counterfeit measures are basically non-existant"...

    ... except for the watermarks, microprint, iridescent markings, micro engraved printing process, blue and red fibers embedded in the linen paper, and the micro-thin plastic strip embedded in each bill.

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