Building a Better Bill: To Curb Counterfeiting, Paper Goes High-Tech
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With several high-profile counterfeiting cases in the U.S. this year — and with crooks having access to increasingly sophisticated printing and copying technology — governments are pushing hard to make paper currency more secure through technology.
A first peek at what the currency of the future looks like comes from Morocco, which this week is rolling out notes made from a high-tech composite called Durasafe. Made by Vancouver-based Fortress Paper Ltd. (FTP: TSX) — which also produces…
Building a Better Bill: To Curb Counterfeiting, Paper Goes High-Tech originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-12-26T07:00:00Z.
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