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It's primarily done for security and secondarily a benefit making it easier (for everyone!) to identify denomination by feel
by kgermino 10mo ago
It's primarily done for security and secondarily a benefit making it easier (for everyone!) to identify denomination by feel
- hollerith 10mo agoWhat security benefit is unlocked by varying the size of the bills?
- ceejayoz 10mo agoFor (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-warning/3705191/?amp=1 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.