[Gunslingr3]

The government changed the currency supposedly to prevent counterfeiting. Sure has worked well, hasn't it? Liars. The real reason is to be able to print more money without it being too obvious due to the different designs of currency floating around.

There is no logic in that statement.

How would new designs hide the volume in existence?

Most of the recent changes where done because the North Koreans were making very, very good fakes of the previous incarnation. The newer versions have additional security measures to help detect fraudulent notes.

Also, the Federal Reserve doesn't 'print' every dollar they create. Not even a majority. Most of the paper FRNs are actually overseas.

[varon]

Most of the recent changes where done because the North Koreans were making very, very good fakes of the previous incarnation.

Yeah, probably their economy and currency were backed by counterfeit U.S. currency...............