specialty paper
Euro Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary To Little Fanfare
January 1, 2012 marked the 10-year anniversary of the euro, a singular currency that services 17 countries throughout Europe, but there is little to celebrate. Marred by what the European Commission deemed “fiscal and macroeconomic imbalances built up over the decade,” many financial analysts say the euro is in trouble. Countries such as Ireland, Spain [...]
India Switches Rs500 & 1,000 Notes To Blue Paper
After a significant “large-scale circulation of fake notes” throughout India over the past year, the Indian government has decided to begin printing Rs500 and Rs1,000 on special blue security paper to curtail counterfeiting in the region. Blue paper is made by combining cotton and linen fibre with a special dye that only glows under ultraviolet [...]
