08.07.2009
In a past life I worked for one of the premier currency sorter manufacturers, which is primarily where I cut my teeth in this business. One of the things that impressed me then (and still does now) is the technology that goes into authenticating currency. One technology in particular that I saw as revolutionary was the ability to read the serial number of a note as it flew down a track on a sorter at something like 30 feet per second. The system not only reads the serial number but can compare it to a known database of “authentic” notes and “tracked” notes (the latter having been identified as used in criminal activity).
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07.30.2009
As many of you will know from reading past posts in Counting On Currency, I am a great supporter of the International Commercial Cash Operations Seminar, which is normally held every 18 months or so at a “destination city” in North America.
The organizers of the ICCOS events made a decision last year to expand their very successful formula first to the EMEA region and (soon to be announced) to the Asia region. Based on the success of the most recent even held this past March in Chicago, I am certain that attendees of the first ICCOS EMEA to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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