Anti-Counterfeiting Around the World

All across the globe, experts are devising high-tech methods to combat counterfeiters. See which world currencies are most impervious to fraud and why in our gallery of bills

By Elizabeth Svoboda Posted 01.23.2008 at 3:10 am 2 Comments

Anti-Counterfeiting Around the World:

In the United States alone, there's at least $70 million in fake currency floating around. Fortunately as the technology counterfeiters use improves, so does that of the bills. Color-changing ink, special polymers and holographs are just some of the innovative technologies incorporated into today's banknotes. In 2007, the International Association of Currency Affairs picked the best new counterfeiting technologies and tactics.

Launch the gallery for a look at the inaugural winner and a few other innovative currencies.

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kasperandsky

06/19/08 at 7:34 am

who is Winner ? good improvement from government side.
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michaela davies

11/03/09 at 2:43 pm

Banknotes are a strange concept when thinking about the cultural and economic significance that we place on that small rectangle of paper. Our economy hinges on the security of that piece of paper, on the ability of artists, printers, and papermakers to design a product that cannot be replicated.
Check out Fortress Paper's blog www.globalpapersecurity.com for interesting stories, news, and discussions about banknotes and other security papers.