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Fun fact: you are asking the wrong branch of the government.

The Secret Service will happily tell you about security features of currency, and behind closed doors help you build methods to detect counterfeits if you have a reasonable justification.

http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml




Fun fact: 'branch of government' refers to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Nearly everything is under the 'executive branch'.

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The secret service is under the treasury dept.


They used to be under the Treasury Dept. They are now under the Dept. of Homeland Security:

http://www.dhs.gov/department-components


TIL


No kidding!? I did not know, nor expect that.




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