Minting and Printing Money
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Notes are made using printing plates, which are coated with ink and pressed into special paper, leaving behind a design that is intended to be easy to recognize but difficult to forge. Early printing plates were made from copper, like this one from 1861. It was used to print Confederate currency during the American Civil War.
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