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A Banknote Worth Noting
PMG Grader Adam Howerton shares one of his favorite world notes with readers.
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Prisoner of War Currency Throughout Modern History
During wartime, when soldiers have been captured and kept in POW camps they would find themselves in mini-cities that had their own forms of currency.
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Colonial Currency - Water Works
Early American currency was the first publicly sponsored and authorized paper money issued by any government in the western world - even though England had not given permission for its issuance.
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Museums Are Now Able to Digitize Thousands of Artifacts in Just Hours
At the American History Museum, a collection of rarely seen historic currency proofs are being made ready for a public debut
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How Franklin Thwarted Counterfeiters
Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia printing shop made plaster molds from pressed sage leaves to create metal stamps for marking foliage patterns on Colonial currency.
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Researchers: Japanese army used private paper mill to counterfeit Chinese bills in war
The Imperial Japanese Army used a private sector company to produce an abundance of counterfeit banknotes that helped to advance Japan’s front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, a recent discovery shows.
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