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The U.S. Trade dollar has an interesting history. Originally produced to facilitate trade with China, it was at first quite successful in its mission. A number of outside influences, including [...]

Abolishing notes and coins would bring huge economic benefits SINCE cash was invented in the seventh century BC, it has generally been the most convenient way to pay for everyday [...]

Money. Some say it makes the world go round. Others say it's the root of all evil. Love it or hate it, almost every society has some form of currency [...]

While we do not condone counterfeiting in any way, you have to admit that most currency forgeries are executed with meticulous attention to detail, even down to sourcing of the [...]

Collectors of the new American buffalo commemorative silver dollars were cautioned by The U.S. Mint to make sure they bought the real thing. Replicas of the silver dollars have been [...]

NOVEL IDEA FOR STAPLES Staples in New York may soon be carrying paperback best sellers along with memo pads. The office supply superstore is making the leap to novels after [...]

A customer hands the cashier a twenty dollar bill. The cashier holds it up to the light, looks for the security thread, and then places the bill in the drawer. [...]

'It does not always pay to be first.' That's the belief of one frustrated toy manufacturer after countless legal battles, and huge expenditures, in trying to stop the flow of [...]

LOST: Millions of U.S. Dollars LAST SEEN: In the hands of counterfeit toy makers REWARD: Millions of U.S. Dollars It has the makings of a great suspense novel. A deal [...]

Late last year, Omar A. Balubaid, a General Motors dealer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia arranged to buy GM engines and air conditioning compressors from Wafa Bishara, an exporter working out […]

THE WORLD -OF- JOHNNY CHO The average American sees Taiwan as an emerging Third World country whose obsession with guns, fighter planes and ships makes it a floating fortress just […]

The same technology that threatened to turn counterfeiting into a cottage industry for criminals has hatched a lesser-known activity: Phony payroll checks. As a phenomenon, counterfeit paychecks were noticed in [...]