At 09:29 PM 5/21/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote: >When I met Thomas R. Hipschen, he mentioned-without-saying >that this was a possibility (as I questioned him, he said he'd have >to kill me if he actually did tell me anything!). Mr. Hipschen is the >artist who did all the new large portraits on US currency, and (like >our mutual friend Boggs) he thinks a lot about counterfeiting as >part of his job, so listening to him was fascinating!
Years ago I sent a letter to the Treasury Secretary suggesting the change the $100 bill to a different color. They were the most easily counterfeited, and, more importantly, were the bill of choice for those of us who may find it necessary to store cash in safe deposit boxes, as well as crime figures and drug lords. So, change the color, call back all $100 bills for exchange, and you have a large chunk of crime solved in much the same way the Feds got Al Capone - tax evasion. I got the standard "not feasible" reply. They should consider the plastic currency used in Australia. The bills are a soft, paper-like plastic and have a hologram on them, which, I understand is impossible to counterfeit. They seem to have sold this concept to other countries also. George _______________________________________________________ George Matyjewicz GAP Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.gapent.com/ Book Author and Doctoral Candidate in Training Moderator of E-Tailer's Digest http://www.etailersdigest.com/ Automated Press Releases http://www.automatedpr.com/ Marketing Your Web http://www.gapent.com/myweb/ Board Member AIB #34 http://www.aib-world.org/ --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
