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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2057076, member: 19065&quot;]The U.S. did have and also produced the same quality for other countries, <a href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesepapermoney.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesepapermoney.html" rel="nofollow">such as China</a>, not all that long ago, similarly beautiful notes when the need for banknote technology was needed in securing a given country&#039;s currency at a time when that country couldn&#039;t produce secure securities themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Widely accepted aesthetically pleasing representational vignettes and flourishes graced banknotes from a more decorative-inspired era, but it masks the reality of the fine lines and engraved marks that were sufficient to thwart counterfeiters of the day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now pretty pictures and spirographic line work design alone are not up to the task of securing any nations securities. It takes modern technological application to the existing format, superior inks, patterns that defeat software and scanning, weaving of non-paper pulp fibers and so on to stay a step ahead of those who would undo the security of other nation&#039;s currency. It might not look pretty, and neither does a motherboard on a computer when you open up a PC and look at it to most people. But the engineers and designers who craft these devices within, are like securities designers, not so much thinking of aesthetics but function, and engravers of today are primarily racing to defeat fraud and criminality, and what they manage to achieve and still deliver us with paper notes bearing intaglio printed images (in the US at least) is a marvel of modern technology that I think too many people overlook and under praise.</p><p><br /></p><p>The notes of today will also be regarded in the future for their innovations and while different from the past will stand apart from what ever follows them in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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