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TIL Paper marbling is the Eastern art of floating colours on aqueous solutions and was employed in 1695 by the Bank of England to make banknotes to prevent their counterfeiting. They were forged m... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Time_Mechanism on 2024-01-22 05:45:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Paper marbling is the Eastern art of floating colours on aqueous solutions and was employed in 1695 by the Bank of England to make banknotes to prevent their counterfeiting. They were forged mere weeks later by infamous counterfeit coiner William Chaloner.

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