Click here for a video about the original purpose of the FBI. It was estabilshed by Abraham Lincoln in 1865 for the purpose of stopping fake currency from being printed. Back then half of all bills in circulation were fake. Now only one in every ten thousand bills are fake. North Korea president has ordered a large number of high tech currency be printed.
Not all bogus currency is difficult to spot though a woman amusingly sought to pass a million dollar bill at Wallmart last year but of course was arrested and also comically a woman was able to successfully use a $200 bill with the image of Geroge W Bush.
Ironic that the secret service whose most well known purpose is to protect the president was created by Lincoln who was assisnated the same year but had in fact created the agency to stop the fake bills in circulation.
Source : Yahoo
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