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Stalin's Dollars. How Fake American Money Was Printed in Moscow and Distributed Around the World

In the late 1920s, the Soviet government launched a large-scale covert operation to print counterfeit U.S. banknotes. The hundred-dollar bills were of such high quality that for several years they successfully circulated in Berlin, Geneva, Lviv, Havana and Shanghai. And the picky cashier of a Chicago bank exposed them.
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In the late 1920s, the Soviet government launched a large-scale covert operation to print counterfeit U.S. banknotes. The hundred-dollar bills were of such high quality that for several years they successfully circulated in Berlin, Geneva, Lviv, Havana and Shanghai. And the picky cashier of a Chicago bank exposed them.

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Новое Время broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
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