Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bu-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!seismo!harvard!bu-cs!root From: root@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: net.invest Subject: Re: The Coming Currency Recall (and counterfeiting) Message-ID: <638@bu-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 18:24:42 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.638 Posted: Thu Sep 12 18:24:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 11:48:29 EDT References: <245@cylixd.UUCP>, <1472@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 12 Re: Photocopying technology making counterfeiting too easy What always struck me as strange was that small denominations are struck in metal and large on paper. Reversing that would make counterfeiting a lot harder (or at least unprofitable) and would make more sense (to me anyhow, being as the coins I assume are more expensive to produce.) Do some countries do this? Or am I missing something? -Barry Shein, Boston University I before E except after C and when sounded like A as in neighbor and weigh ..and counterfeit? Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com