Task . Write an essay on the issue Money makes the world go round
Text 3. Counterfeiting
Before you read the text discuss this quotation with your partner. Do you agree or disagree with it?
“Where there is money, there is counterfeit money”.
By V.N. Borzykh, Director of the museum of the History of Banking
Counterfeiting of money is one of the oldest crimes in history. In the United States, for example, it was a serious problem in the past, when each bank issued its own currency. Therefore they adopted a national currency in 1863. But it did not solve the counterfeiting problem. The national currency or the dollar was soon counterfeited so widely, that it became necessary for the US Government to take special measures. In 1865 the United States Secret Service was established to suppress counterfeiting. It helped to a certain extent but this crime still exists.