[Perdogg]

It could be the Iranians/North Koreas. In the 50s the US gave the Shaw the paper and ink and to produce their own currency. They have been counter fitting since the 80s.

[Non-Sequitur]

It could be the Iranians/North Koreas. In the 50s the US gave the Shaw the paper and ink and to produce their own currency. They have been counter fitting since the 80s.

Read the article. It makes it clear that North Korea doesn't have the machinery or materials to make the bills. Iran might, but why make so little? If they're doing it then one would expect them to open the floodgates and produce billions of dollars worth and destroy the faith in the $100 bill. It makes more sense that these bills are being used to track some activity be it drugs or terrorists. In any case it's an interesting article.

[Yo-Yo]

In the 50s the US gave the Shaw the paper and ink and to produce their own currency. They have been counter fitting since the 80s.

According to the article, these superbill countefits have the newest security devices incorporated into the paper: The watermark portrait and the UV flourescing security strip.

Those have to be put into the paper during manufacture, so any 1950's era paper stock would not have them.

[Tennessean4Bush]

In the 50s the US gave the Shaw the paper and ink and to produce their own currency.

They gave it to the Shaw, too?! I thought they only gave it to the Shah.

[ovrtaxt]

In the 50s the US gave the Shaw the paper and ink and to produce their own currency.

The Shaw? You mean Tommy the Shaw?

No wonder Styx made so much money.