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"Money manufacturers the world over are forever contending with counterfeiters.
Before the U.K. introduced a new pound coin in 2017, for example, the earlier
version was easy enough to fake that there were tens of millions of fraudulent
copies in circulation. The same goes for paper bank notes, which over the years
have been printed with increasingly high-tech features such as holograms,
watermarks, and distinctive material blends. More recently, many countries have
also implemented plastic coatings.
Banque de France, a central money-producing outfit in Europe, has adopted a
technology called EverFit, which includes a polymer coating on cotton-blend
notes that increases durability. Every year, up to three billion notes may be
printed, but they must adhere to the strictest standards of technical quality.
If they don’t, they’re shredded. One drawback, though, is that they’re not
recyclable. That’s where Paris-based furniture design studio Maximum saw a
unique opportunity."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
