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The Use and Counterfeiting of United States Currency Abroad, Part 3

The final report to the Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Steering Committee, pursuant to Section 807 of PL 104‑132
September 2006	Print (4.74 MB PDF)

Diagram 5.1 Global Market Distribution Hierarchy

Pyramid showing (not to scale) that the hierarchy is 12-20 Global Wholesale Banks, 200-300 Regional Wholesale Banks, 3000-4000 Retail Banks, and Tens of Thousands of Retailers.

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