ElectricalCharge5 t1_ir9khob wrote on October 6, 2022 at 10:50 AM Reply to 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 Go listen to the excellent Civil War podcast "Uncivil". The episode called "The Paper" tells the story of how a small shopkeeper in Philly started making counterfeit Confederate notes and it almost completely destroyed the Confederate economy. Permalink 10
ElectricalCharge5 t1_ir9khob wrote
Reply to 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
Go listen to the excellent Civil War podcast "Uncivil". The episode called "The Paper" tells the story of how a small shopkeeper in Philly started making counterfeit Confederate notes and it almost completely destroyed the Confederate economy.