Early paper money from British Colonial America

If you're in SF, the SF Federal Reserve Bank has a display of early colonial and other US currencies. Not sure if it's open to the public all the time, but there's probably a tour. http://www.frbsf.org/education/teacher-resources/american-cu...

This is very interesting. I was surprised to learn that the British had three currency zones, the Pound Sterling, the Dollar and the Rupee. [1]

The Rupee was used throughout the Indian subcontinent, East Africa and Middle East wherever the British had some sort of colonial presence from the mid 1800s till after World War I.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_currency_in_the_Middle...

I keep this thread bookmarked [1] as it provides a nice history of paper money in the U.S. and seems relevant here:

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/22c5sp/one_curr...

Thirty Shillings

To counterfeit is DEATH

How prevalent were counterfeit notes in this period vs now?