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NEWS ABOUT: watermark

watermark stories: 5 news summaries

Boy George Replaces Queen on Fake Bills

British shop workers fooled by his-head-for-hers forgery

Mar 26, 09 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boy George made a convincing stand-in for the Queen on a counterfeit note found in Britain this week, the Daily Telegraph reports. The £20 note was passed at a stationary shop and the staff didn't realize it was a fake until a bank worker checked the anti-forgery watermark and... More »

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 New $5 Bill Debuts Today 

Abe gets a colorful makeover on copy-resistant bills

Mar 13, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honest Abe may've been a bit pasty and gaunt, but the public can now see him in a more vivid hue: The redesigned $5 bill, complete with splashes of purple designed to thwart pesky counterfeiters, is being released today. Lincoln keeps his place on the front, and his memorial on... More »

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Federal Reserve • counterfeit • Abraham Lincoln • US dollar • US currency • watermark • US Mint • $5 bill • five dollar bill • Honest Abe • counterfeiters

Japan Eyes Internet Crackdown

Tough new proposals
protect children, copyrights

Jan 4, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Japan has taken a relaxed approach to controlling the Internet in the past, but the government is planning to ratchet up regulation, Ars Technica reports. The communications ministry is looking at ways to bring web and mobile content in line with heavily regulated traditional media. Concerns are high about libelous... More »

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Internet • Japan • censorship • Internet security • watermark • peer to peer

Feds Give Abe's 5-Spot a Facelift

New currency includes pastels and redesigned watermarks to thwart couterfeiters

Sep 20, 07 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - When you pull out a $5 bill next spring, you'll still see Honest Abe—but you'll also see a bunch of purple and gray, some big number fives, and new watermarks and security threads. Sick of pesky counterfeiters bleaching the fiver and turning it into a C-note, the feds unveiled... More »

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currency • counterfeit • Abraham Lincoln • US dollar • watermark • US Mint

The C-Note Gets a Facelift

New security thread aims to protect bill most targeted by foreign counterfeiters

Aug 26, 07 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even Ben Franklin has a little work done every now and then. The $100 bill, which bears the founding father's image, is undergoing a state-of-the-art redesign aimed at thwarting counterfeiters who target the C-note more than any other denomination, the AP reports. The new security thread utilizes microprinting and 650,... More »

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counterfeit • money • Treasury Department • $100 bill • microprinting • US currency • watermark • US Mint

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