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FoxNo1738 t1_ira01af wrote

Reply to comment by xX609s-hartXx in TIL about Operation Bernhard. During WWII, Germany attempted to bring about the collapse of the British economy by forging ≈£130 million in British bank notes. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, and are very difficult to differentiate from legitimate notes. by rkadeYT

It's just hard to fight counterfeiters who have access to government resources, for a small time crook the one off costs/hassle to forge banknotes is hard to recoup,if you spend too much you'll get caught, for a government doing it on mass those costs are spread.

For example it's believed north korea produces many high end US banknotes

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