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[Charles M Richmond]

byoder at netcom.com (Brian K. Yoder) writes:

>Actually, I have some copies of currency at that time, and the crude 
>nature of printing technology at the time had a lot more to do with
>the counterfeit rate at the time than the fact that it was private banks.
>Do you seriously think that governments are soehow better able to 
>produce uncounterfeitable items than private banks?  Get real.


In support of this , I will mention that currently English and Scottish
notes are printed by the various national banks , eg Royal Bank of Scotland
National Bank of Scotland, Bank of England, etc) 

Charlie
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