said with no exaggeration,German Nazi“Nazi fake pound sterling incident”or“Operation Belhard”Is the pinnacle of economic attacks in the history of human warfare。
Although the German Nazis wanted to use“Nazi fake pound sterling incident”The desire to conquer Britain eventually fell through。
but“Nazi fake pound sterling incident”A heavy blow to the economic and financial strength of the empire that never sets,Let the pound surrender its status as the world’s most popular and reserve currency,It can definitely be regarded as the most painful blow that the empire has suffered since its establishment.,none of them!
After World War II,In order to get rid of“Fake pound incident”Serious impact on the British economy and society,Even though England has broken his arm to survive,Not only the most forged ones circulating in the market10Recycle all yuan and pounds。
And the Bank of England also spent a lot of money to buy back all the fake pounds in the market,As of1951year1month9day,The Bank of England has collected1860223Counterfeit bills of varying denominations。
And as of1959year,The Bank of England has collected300More than ten thousand。All counterfeit bills were burned,But these are not all“Belhard”End of paper money。
1959year,A diving team dived into a lake deep in the Austrian Alps,After days of searching,13The tied box was pulled out of the frozen water,There are approximately42Ten thousand different denominations“Belhard”Paper money。
Certified by Guinness World Records,This has also become the largest banknote storage ever discovered by mankind。
And what makes the Bank of England sleepless is,After World War II,Belhard stands on trial in Paris,And he was only sentenced2year,Living in Austria after serving his sentence,until1989Passed away。
Although Belhard is dead,But after the world rumors that Belhard was released after serving his sentence,He’s not idle with a heart,He recorded the whole process and all the secrets of designing forgery of the pound sterling in a book.。
Although after years of evolution,Pound in anti-counterfeit key、Significant progress has been made in serial number generation, etc.,But overall,There have not been many changes in the overall design concept and anti-counterfeiting principle of the British pound.。
In other words,If Belhard really had to record the overall design concept and anti-counterfeiting principle of designing forged and fake pounds,And after being taken by the ill-intentioned,The Bank of England is very likely to be destroyed again!
So for many years,The Bank of England is secretly uniting British intelligence agencies—Military Six,Struggling to find Belhard left“Secrets”,But I can’t find it。
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