[eru]

> It would be like delegating private presses for the dollar and in turn giving them a huge fee for bank deposits.

As a mildly amusing aside: the Hong Kong dollar is printed privately, and issued by three private banks.

[darkmighty]

Haha that's nice trivia. Of the sort you hold onto for just the right moment :)

[eru]

My previous employer was amongst the three. So I specifically got one bill printed in their name, Standard Chartered.