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- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Date: Monday, 23 Nov 1992 17:45:30 CST
- From: Myself!!! <U57567@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Message-ID: <92328.174530U57567@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Newsgroups: talk.rumors
- Subject: Re: 1992 USA currency to contain magnetic ink printing ?
- References: <1992Nov23.172532.22905@cas.org>
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1992Nov23.172532.22905@cas.org>, lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
- says:
- >
- >Anyone heard anything about the newest currency, supposedly printed at
- >the Ft. Worth Texas site, having embedded magnetic ink characters to
- >increase tracability of bills?
- As far as I know, they have been doing this for the last 10 years or so
- already! The bill changing machines use it to figure out what size bill
- you put in. I don't think the serial # is in magnetic ink, just the
- denomination.
-
- >Of course, I have also heard that within the next 18 months the feds plan
- >to outlaw currency and force everyone to using a debit card for everything.
- This has been going around forever. Next thing you'll hear is that
- banks and credit card companies keep computerized tabs on you financial
- history! :-) :-)
-
- >Then there is that rumor of the UN taking over the USA government by
- >97...
- Maybe a coup would be better? More wild rumors that way! :-)
-
- >Larry W. Virden UUCP: osu-cis!chemabs!lvirden
- >Same Mbox: BITNET: lvirden@cas INET: lvirden@cas.org
- >Personal: 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614
-
- Al -- "Maybe I know. Maybe I don't."
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