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...Moscow's busy Old Arbat, where currency-exchange dealer Ilya was inspecting what appeared to be a legitimate $100 note. "It's a fake," he said. Turning the bill over, he pointed to the o in United States of America: it was too close to the f. At Kredobank, a privately held Russian bank, a Moscow casino operator recently tried to deposit $10,000 in cash. It wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. Kredobank, like most Russian banks, confiscates forged currency but usually does not report the incident to the police. For that reason, says a Western...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like Them Hot | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

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