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xX609s-hartXx t1_ir9pkdr wrote

To be fair: Look at the original notes. They were an absolute joke when it comes to security and pretty much only relied on backchecking with the serial numbers.

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FoxNo1738 t1_ira01af wrote

It's just hard to fight counterfeiters who have access to government resources, for a small time crook the one off costs/hassle to forge banknotes is hard to recoup,if you spend too much you'll get caught, for a government doing it on mass those costs are spread.

For example it's believed north korea produces many high end US banknotes

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