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KNOW YOUR MONEY

Focuses chiefly on distinguishing genuine currency and coins from counterfeits, with close-up shots of various denominations highlighting the imperfections typically found in a counterfeit engraving. Broadcaster Lowell Thomas serves as commentator for this U.S. Treasury Department production, which was also accompanied by a companion pamphlet of the same name.
Complete catalog record
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 13214 / Local Identifier 87.1 - KNOW YOUR MONEY - Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003). On methods of detecting counterfeit coins and bills. Examines common errors in spurious bills and describes kinds of bills (U.S. Notes, Silver Certificates, Federal Reserve Notes). Dramatizes the apprehension of counterfeiters through the alertness of a grocer who receives a bogus bill. Shows the Treasury Building in Washington, DC and geometric lathes and presses used in printing money. -

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  1. Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Mathematics Films — The Mathematics Teacher (January 1941) — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
  3. FedFlix — title, year, creator, description, video
  4. 16mm Filmography editors — year, catalog record

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