How a huge counterfeiting case led to plastic money
By Bloomberg
19 May 2019 |
9:28 am
In 1966, Australia switched from pounds to decimal currency. The country’s central bank issued a new range of banknotes with modern safety features - including watermarks, woven metal thread and raised print. But these technologies couldn’t prevent a $900,000 swindle.
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