1940s methods of spotting counterfeit bills?

Subject: 1940s methods of spotting counterfeit bills?

Date: Fri Dec 5 18:05:47 2003
Posted by Enio
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Los Angeles State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Science History
ID: 1070669147.Sh

Message:


I read that Nazi Germany recruited Jewish printers n concentraition camps to produce 
near-perfect counterfeit bills of English and American money. Without the modern 
safeguards of today, how did the athorities spot these bills?

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