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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1386345, member: 19065&quot;]While I&#039;m not sure about this particular note, many Colonials were printed with multiple printing blocks that were puzzeled together (think moveable type), and this allowed design elements to be changed or harder to replicate fraudulently. As well we have examples of designs that were made from impressions of &#039;leaves&#039; which transferred their vein patterns to the note paper, among other natural objects employed. Why all of this? To thwart counterfeiting as is ever the bane of printed currency. Additionally, plates of the era didn&#039;t need to be metal, wood blocks were cut and set on a press the same way they printed anything else on paper then. A shortage of metals wouldn&#039;t have been a limitation to using multiple plates and counterfeiters forced innovations so the Colonial currency printer had to constantly improve on the security of the currency, fortunately the likes of Paul Revere, Ben Franklin and other <i>notables</i> saw to these challenges. These figures were learned printers, platemakers and tech giants of their time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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