Russ Swain

And I was living pretty close to the bone since I just started my business a handful of months prior. So I panicked. Suddenly, this idea came to me that I know all about paper. I know about ink. I know about design. I can print the money. Money is nothing more than... paper and ink. And why can't I just do that myself? It was a Hail Mary kind of thing.

And I was living pretty close to the bone since I just started my business a handful of months prior. So I panicked. Suddenly, this idea came to me that I know all about paper. I know about ink. I know about design. I can print the money. Money is nothing more than... paper and ink. And why can't I just do that myself? It was a Hail Mary kind of thing.

And I was living pretty close to the bone since I just started my business a handful of months prior. So I panicked. Suddenly, this idea came to me that I know all about paper. I know about ink. I know about design. I can print the money. Money is nothing more than... paper and ink. And why can't I just do that myself? It was a Hail Mary kind of thing.

No. It's created by Crane's company and they will only sell that paper to the US Treasury. Even the composition of the paper is different for the sake of durability. It's got silk fibers and things like that. And I thought, okay, I can't get my hands on any of that, but cranes will sell to printers for letterheads and things like that. They have a paper. It's called 100% rag. It has no wood pulp.

No. It's created by Crane's company and they will only sell that paper to the US Treasury. Even the composition of the paper is different for the sake of durability. It's got silk fibers and things like that. And I thought, okay, I can't get my hands on any of that, but cranes will sell to printers for letterheads and things like that. They have a paper. It's called 100% rag. It has no wood pulp.

No. It's created by Crane's company and they will only sell that paper to the US Treasury. Even the composition of the paper is different for the sake of durability. It's got silk fibers and things like that. And I thought, okay, I can't get my hands on any of that, but cranes will sell to printers for letterheads and things like that. They have a paper. It's called 100% rag. It has no wood pulp.

It's just cotton fibers. And so it feels the same. It has the same tactile feel as currency, and it's a little bit more expensive. And it happened that I was doing... a letterhead for an attorney and he had requested this to be on 100 rag paper and i thought perfect i've got a couple of reams of that And I'm going to use it to at least see if this works.

It's just cotton fibers. And so it feels the same. It has the same tactile feel as currency, and it's a little bit more expensive. And it happened that I was doing... a letterhead for an attorney and he had requested this to be on 100 rag paper and i thought perfect i've got a couple of reams of that And I'm going to use it to at least see if this works.

It's just cotton fibers. And so it feels the same. It has the same tactile feel as currency, and it's a little bit more expensive. And it happened that I was doing... a letterhead for an attorney and he had requested this to be on 100 rag paper and i thought perfect i've got a couple of reams of that And I'm going to use it to at least see if this works.

And so my lovely wife and kids were going out of town for a camping trip with her parents. I was invited, of course, but I said, no, I've got too many deadlines. So I just put out the clothesline, told everybody that we were all on vacation on a camping trip. And then I went to work to see if I couldn't just produce, at least give it a shot.

And so my lovely wife and kids were going out of town for a camping trip with her parents. I was invited, of course, but I said, no, I've got too many deadlines. So I just put out the clothesline, told everybody that we were all on vacation on a camping trip. And then I went to work to see if I couldn't just produce, at least give it a shot.

And so my lovely wife and kids were going out of town for a camping trip with her parents. I was invited, of course, but I said, no, I've got too many deadlines. So I just put out the clothesline, told everybody that we were all on vacation on a camping trip. And then I went to work to see if I couldn't just produce, at least give it a shot.

So the paper was white and I thought, but I can print the background color of money and I have a good eye for color so I can match it perfectly. And I went to work mixing the inks and I printed a full bleed, solid background color of money. It worked. And so all of a sudden I got a little hope. I thought, well, I've got the paper now, except that as I looked at these bills,

So the paper was white and I thought, but I can print the background color of money and I have a good eye for color so I can match it perfectly. And I went to work mixing the inks and I printed a full bleed, solid background color of money. It worked. And so all of a sudden I got a little hope. I thought, well, I've got the paper now, except that as I looked at these bills,

So the paper was white and I thought, but I can print the background color of money and I have a good eye for color so I can match it perfectly. And I went to work mixing the inks and I printed a full bleed, solid background color of money. It worked. And so all of a sudden I got a little hope. I thought, well, I've got the paper now, except that as I looked at these bills,

They've got these red and blue silk fibers. Right. Yeah.

They've got these red and blue silk fibers. Right. Yeah.

They've got these red and blue silk fibers. Right. Yeah.

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