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Re:The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn’t a Crook — He’s an Artist by rdl on Thursday July 05, 2012 @03:53AM (#4202152)
I am amazed that paper banknotes have remained even vaguely counterfeit-resistant for so long. It seems like a very difficult problem, given modern technology; the capital costs of an intaglio press and great plates are high, but some kind of CNC milling should be able to produce equivalents at some point.

The NK superbills are still as far as I know the best quality.

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Re:The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn’t a Crook — He’s an Artist by samstave on Thursday July 05, 2012 @04:40AM (#4202241)
Crazy to think about NK as one of the most backward vile 3rd world despots, but so capable in certain areas.

I would think that EVERY tech innovation/resource/capability is really a proxy service of China, Russia, Iran, etc...

There is no way they would have the tools to do what hey do on a range of fronts if they were not used as a proxy by these other nations.

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Re:The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn’t a Crook — He’s an Artist by GFischer on Thursday July 05, 2012 @10:33AM (#4203177)
The superdollar article on Wikipedia is very interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar

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