1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 483, Gold (7)

MacDonald’s so-called anti-counterfeiting technology that is difficult to imitate includes the following: The first one is actually a very traditional anti-counterfeiting technology: watermarking.

Watermark is formed in the papermaking process, “clamped” in the paper instead of on the surface of the paper. When facing the light, you can clearly see the graphics, portraits or texts with light and dark textures. It is used to change the paper during the production process. Pulp fiber density method is made. This kind of technology came into being very early, around the end of the eighth century, this kind of technology had already appeared in the Tang Dynasty of China. However, although this technology appeared early, it is quite easy to use. Until the 21st century, this technology is still widely used on paper and currency in various countries. Because this kind of technology is simple, but it is really difficult to do it well. It is necessary to ensure that every watermark in the paper produced is exactly the same, just like it is printed by a seal, which is quite difficult in production technology. At least it is not easy to do this in a small private workshop or something. The large laboratory also took a lot of effort to solve the problem of how to stably make a clear, delicate and consistent watermark.

Another anti-counterfeiting trick is special ink. These inks use a very unique formula, have passed nearly 10,000 experiments and tests, have a unique light green, and the performance is quite stable, without a formula, it is extremely difficult to make such a color. Moreover, some fluorescent substances are added to these inks, so that banknotes and tickets using this ink will fluoresce under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays. Of course, this is only a means for professional institutions to identify true and false coins.

Another key method is the unique banknotes. Ticket paper. The paper used in the Fed’s gold dollar bills is unique from material to craftsmanship, and it also uses a metal wire inlay craft that has not been used in this era.

However, Morgan is not really concerned about these technological issues. It is Scrooge’s future conception of how to use the right to issue notes.

“My dad thinks that even for a long period of time, we still have to maintain a one-to-one reserve of gold. The right to issue notes will still have a lot of benefits in our hands. For example, we can use this To control the total amount of currency in circulation on the market, and the benefits this can bring us are really too much. And now the most important thing is to make the people of United States believe that only the Fed’s gold bills are truly reliable gold bills.”

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Thompson-Harris Bank is a bank located in Texas. It is also a bank with the right to issue notes, but it has not joined the Federal Reserve Bank organization. Bankers in the Midwest are always suspicious of the big capital in the east. The bank’s boss Thompson and his partner Harris are no exception.

This morning, an accountant hurriedly found Thompson.

“Mr. Thompson, there is something very unusual, maybe I should report it to you.” Accountant Dugo said.

“Ah, Mr. Dogo, what happened?” Thompson raised his head from behind the desk, looked at Dogo, and said gently.

“Mr. Thompson, in the last month, many people took gold dollar coupons issued by our bank to exchange for gold. The amount of each is small, but the total is a lot more than the previous period, almost ascending. It looks like ten.”

“Oh, in the current economic situation, there are so many people who exchange gold ascending, which is really not quite right. Let me see the data.” Thompson said.

Dogo handed the statistical data to Thompson. Thompson looked at these figures carefully. Except for the amount of gold exchanged, the other data were all normal.

“The current economic situation is also good. There shouldn’t be a large amount of gold exchange.” Thompson frowned in confusion.

But Thompson’s doubts did not last long, because two days later, the Texas newspaper gave the answer. This piece of news was published in the “Texan” newspaper:

“Texas police uncovered the largest case of forgery of gold dollar bills in history. The principal offender was shot dead on the spot, and the police seized at the scene fake gold dollar bills issued by Thompson-Harris Bank with a face value of more than half a million U.S. dollars. According to the person responsible for the case. According to Chief Hunter, these forged gold coupons are very lifelike. If it was not known in advance, and they had seized all the equipment used to forge these gold coupons at the scene, as well as some accomplices who confessed to the facts of the crime, he would not be able to determine them. The seized gold coupons are genuine or fake. Even if the real and fake gold coupons are mixed together, even the professionals of the police cannot distinguish them. According to the accomplices, they probably produced millions of gold coupons, all of which are forged. It was transported away by the main criminal Simpson. No one knows the exact whereabouts. No one knows how many such forged gold dollar bills have flowed into the market. But it is estimated that the number will not be less than three million US dollars.”

This news gave the answer to the question that puzzled Thompson. Obviously, many of the gold coupons that came out this month to cash in gold were forged by those damned criminals!

However, Mr. Thompson hoped that he and others would not know the answer, because this incident only meant a run. Because that kind of counterfeit banknotes are so realistic that they are almost impossible to identify. All people who hold this kind of gold coupons will worry about whether the gold coupons in their hands are real or fake. Then the easiest and safest way is to go to the “Thompson-Harris Bank” that issued it to exchange it for gold while the bank can’t tell it.

According to the police, at least three million U.S. dollars in face value of the counterfeit banknotes made by these criminals has already flown into the market. Damn, Thompson-Harris Bank’s net assets have only just reached 2.5 million U.S. dollars. These damn counterfeit banknotes, coupled with real gold dollar bills, can definitely bankrupt this bank.

Just as Thompson expected when he saw the newspaper, when he rushed to the bank, he found that there was already a long line in front of his bank. Obviously these people are here to exchange gold coins for US dollars.

As soon as they saw Thompson, Harris and Dogo ran over without a look of expression.

“Mr. Thompson, what can we do?” Du Gao said, “If this continues, our vault will not last long.”

“Is there a way to tell the authenticity?” Thompson asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

“Can our experts not recognize it?” Thompson still didn’t give up.

He shook his head silently again.

“Then temporarily stop the exchange, and then find a way to identify it!” Thompson said.

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A few days later, Thompson was almost ten years old. In order to identify counterfeit banknotes, he obtained various technologies used by the criminals to forge gold dollar coupons from the police, including ink, paper and other things. Moreover, the police found a set of key things that he used to make counterfeit banknotes from the safe of the main criminal who was killed, including engraving, ink formula, and manufacturing process… What’s more terrifying is that these things and The gold dollar bills issued by their banks are almost identical. Even if there are some differences, it is a reasonable error within the standards they set. This means that real banknotes and counterfeit banknotes are completely indistinguishable!

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This turmoil not only caused the bankruptcy of Thompson-Harris Bank, but also put the entire banking community at risk. Almost all banks that issued gold dollar bills were nervous. The level of trust among the people in the gold dollar bills has also dropped drastically. It’s just that gold coins are too much trouble. Otherwise, some Members will propose to abolish the gold dollar coupons.

In such panic, the Federal Reserve publicly launched their brand new gold dollar bills that are said to be absolutely impossible to imitate.

“Gentlemen, this is the gold coupon we launched this time. These gold coupons have the following denominations… As for the anti-counterfeiting issue that everyone is most concerned about, we have conducted in-depth cooperation with the University of Cleveland Laboratory and used this type of gold coupons. The latest anti-counterfeiting technology, this technology is definitely not something that any individual or even any country can forge.” At the issuance of the new gold dollar bills, Paul Joseph, the spokesperson of the Federal Reserve, introduced this allegedly impossible Forged gold dollar coupons.

Afterwards, someone sent a sample to each reporter for review. The exquisite printing of the Fed’s gold dollar coupons, the clear watermark, the vivid colors, and the uniqueness of the paper surprised all reporters who participated in the release conference. But what surprised them most was that when the lights went out, Paul Joseph turned on a very dim electric light, and the Fed gold dollar bill in his hand radiated mysterious fluorescence under this light!

Seeing this scene, almost all reporters have considerable confidence that the new gold dollar coupons cannot be forged. And a week later, with the issuance of the new gold dollar coupons, almost all newspapers began to praise this exquisite, almost impossible to forge gold coupons. Some newspapers call it the greatest artwork in the history of human paper money. And experts in various universities, research departments, and other institutions who study anti-counterfeiting technology also praised the anti-counterfeiting ability of this kind of gold dollar coupons in unison.

“The paper used in this kind of gold dollar bills has a particularly special touch. Even a blind person can easily distinguish this kind of paper money from ordinary counterfeit paper money with this unique touch. Watermark almost all banknotes. . Tickets are available, but it is very difficult to make the watermark so exquisite. It is almost impossible for one person or a few people to do it. In fact, even in countries, few have such technological strength. It is more difficult to copy a special color ink, and it is much more difficult than to develop it. Coupled with the unique fluorescent anti-counterfeiting technology, it should be impossible for a long period of time to be fake. It’s a banknote. Of course, I’m not saying that forgery is completely impossible, but I’m sure that the cost of forging it will far exceed its face value.” In the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Mahler, an anti-counterfeiting technology expert at Yale University, stated Such a high evaluation.

As a result, the ordinary people with low confidence in other gold dollar bills among their opponents began to exchange these gold dollar bills with gold dollar bills produced by the Federal Reserve, and other gold dollar bills began to disappear on the market…