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Bank of England issued the first paper money with a new high degree of protection against forgery.Since in the paper on which were printed bank notes, was introduced a thin metal filament.There was an event before Hitler`s Operation Flood Britain counterfeit paper money.
Fakes introduced to plunge into the chaos of the UK economy on the eve of the Battle of Britain ".The Nazis were able to produce absolutely indistinguishable from real money.But the realization of a subversive plan foiled: all their products in the hands of the Allies.The first thus secure the money bills were worth 1 pound sterling and 10 shillings.
In these notes, moreover, have changed the design elements and color - from green-pound banknote was bluish-pink, and 10-shillingovaya changed its "color" with a reddish-brown to mauve.Bank incidentally withdrawn from circulation banknotes of more than 5 pounds. |
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