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episode 9: Money
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[Truth or Fail]
Supernotes
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/magazine/23counterfeit.html
https://www.uscurrency.gov/history
Counterfeit $1 bills
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/finding-mr-880-case-1-counterfeit-article-1.109016
https://www.nysun.com/on-the-town/little-old-moneymaker/9282/
pictures: https://thehustle.co/worst-counterfeiter-in-history-mr-880/
https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/
Costume jewelry scam
https://books.google.com/books?id=ELgiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85
https://o.canada.com/technology/nigerian-email-scams-royally-obvious-for-good-reason-study-says-3
[Fact Off]
Xerox machine anti-counterfeiting
Yap stone money
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sea2.12154?referrer_access_token=PoYDhuZQ2I3K6rW0TZp1r04keas67K9QMdWULTWMo8PSbwnv52oah6avTUlc6Ncg2Fsq-XbfQibDgqrz1_Z5GxRdKzRhmEzfI08Tv5kPNn5935yywdPadRZC0bxzVlqKx6dktyKOLwawQhLnG1PcSg%3D%3D
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-original-bitcoin-still-exists-as-giant-stone-money-on-a-tiny-pacific-island
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0012186
[Ask the Science Couch]
Plastic vs. paper bills
https://www.banknoteworld.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-polymer-banknotes/
https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/16/polymer-vs-paper-banknotes-which-one-is-better-for-environment-
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2019/08/21/englands-new-currency-is-harming-the-climate-report/#543d2d76524f
https://www.moneyboat.co.uk/blog/paper-vs-polymer/
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/banknotes/polymer/lca-of-paper-and-polymer-bank-notes.pdf?la=en&hash=7D3845CE11AD21F300CFA023F8FCF4AA37FB73CC
Composting or washing U.S. money
https://www.cnet.com/news/cash-to-trash-watch-millions-of-dollars-turn-into-compost/
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014/acs-presspac-january-8-2014/laundering-money-literally-could-save-billions-of-dollars.html
[Butt One More Thing]
Penny swallowing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-12-01-9812010102-story.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/12/981201033841.htm