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Re: New Web Page
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Date: 
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 02:35:28 GMT
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:12:52 GMT, richard.dee@virgin.net (Richard Dee) wrote:

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:22:14 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities...
It would be interesting to compare smallest denomination bank
notes, if only it weren't illegal! There are so many countries
represented on Lugnet! I even have two different one Pound
notes.

Huh?  Why is it illegal?

An assumption, based on the fact that most images of paper
currency usually have something obscuring an important part
of the note.

Shall we do so, anyway? Front and back of smallest denomination,
and an agreed-upon dpi for life sized comparison, and
say compare value vs USD based on June 1 exchange rate?

Oh, you want to scan them and compare online?  AFAIK, in the US, it is not
illegal to make copies of currency as long as the copy is a certain minimum
percentage larger or smaller.  Not sure of the percentage.  25% +- does spring
to mind, though.

-- Terry K --



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  Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page)
 
(...) It's my understanding, also, that some percentage of the scan or copy needs to be obscured or obliterated. But that probably wouldn't get in the way of getting two scans, with different parts missing, and pasting them together digitally... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: New Web Page
 
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:22:14 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) An assumption, based on the fact that most images of paper currency usually have something obscuring an important part of the note. Shall we do so, anyway? Front (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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