Why has no one been able to figure out or leak the formula to printing money How can a secret be held so well by so many..



There is no one "formula" for printing money. But because it is so tempting to consider making your own at home, governments have been engaged for centuries in an ever-escalating battle with counterfeiters.

Counterfeiting of money is one of the oldest crimes in history. It was a serious problem during the 19th century when banks issued their own U.S. currency. At the time of the Civil War, it was estimated that one-third of all currency in circulation was counterfeit.  At that time, there were approximately 1,600 state banks designing and printing their own notes. Each note carried a different design, making it difficult to distinguish the 4,000 varieties of counterfeits from the 7,000 varieties of genuine notes. 

It was anticipated that the adoption of a national currency in 1863 would solve the counterfeiting problem. However, the national currency was soon counterfeited so extensively it became necessary for the government to take enforcement measures. On July 5, 1865, the United States Secret Service was established to suppress counterfeiting.


Every time the bad guys figure how to print realistic-looking currency, the government changes the way the real stuff is made, to make it ever harder to forge. This began by moving from letterpress-printed, flat currency, to engraved, intaglio-printed currency, which gave the ink a raised appearance that could be felt by hand. Engraving also enabled extremely fine lines and sharp edges that were difficult for an unskilled criminal to reproduce. They printed the bills in multiple colors (shades of green and dark green), each of which would require a carefully calibrated additional pass through the printing press. And then they went even further, and commissioned special paper to be manufactured in secure factories, of 75% cotton and 25% linen, that had a special feel to it, had red and blue fibers mixed into the pulp, and was commercially unavailable (not to mention illegal to attempt to reproduce.)

As counterfeiters succeeded in carefully engraving plates to duplicate real bills, the Treasury Department began making small variations in the designs of each series, which would make the forgers re-do their whole plate in order to stay current. For example, on the $20 note, the portrait of Andrew Jackson shows him gripping the front of his coat. In the 1934 Series, you can see one of his fingers in the oval frame. But when it was re-designed in 1950 they carefully redrew the portrait to show a second finger!

sooooo WHAT IS YOUR OWN NA.... cant you find honest work and do?

who cares about printing genuine money when paper money is already going obsolete... abeg use digital currency and make ya life work

blackpanthar:
sooooo WHAT IS YOUR OWN NA.... cant you find honest work and do?

who cares about printing genuine money when paper money is already going obsolete... abeg use digital currency and make ya life work

like if they give you a ghana must go of N100 notes you wont collect

Some may have the formula, but you cant broadcast illegal source of money anyhow, because you are making it from there.. its possible

LOL. I dont need it na. because na FAKE.

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like if they give you a ghana must go of N100 notes you wont collect