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VIDEO: Fortress Paper CEO Chad Wasilenkoff on Bloomberg
Chadwick Wasilenkoff, chief executive officer of Fortress Paper Ltd., talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox about demand for the company’s banknote paper.
Iranian’s shift protest movement to banknotes
Protesters in Iran have launched what they are calling a “second level” of protesting, shifting from overt public displays such as street demonstrations and rallies, to more covert tactics like writing protest notes and slogans on rial banknotes – the Iranian currency.
With staunch government crackdowns on protest movements throughout the country, pro-democracy protesters are focusing [...]
“Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Money”
With the US Mint launching the release of a new $1.00 coin in November, Time Magazine drafted this list of top-ten tidbits about money that may surprise you:
#1 – The Largest Banknote: Measuring in at roughly the size of a sheet of legal paper, the world’s largest single banknote is the 100,000-peso note created by [...]
India to Begin Trial Period for Polymer Banknotes
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced this week that the country will begin a trial period of introducing polymer banknotes in circulation in order to eliminate the backlog of unusable worn banknotes throughout India and to combat counterfeiting.
The RBI says that India has seen a 95 per cent increase in counterfeit notes in the [...]
Royal Bank of India Lists Banknotes Security Features on its Website.
Ever wondered exactly what kind of security features are embedded in the cash you carry?
If you live in India, you no longer have to wonder.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has posted a comprehensive list of security features on its Mahatma Gandhi Series banknotes on its website.
The Gandhi Series has been in production since 1996.
Though [...]
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