In the ancient times when science and technology were underdeveloped, how did silver tickets prevent counterfeiting?

it is well known that although a silver ticket is only a thin piece of paper, it contains more than ten million silver taels. How to ensure that the banknote is safe and reliable, without mistakes, and how to complete the exchange and settlement locally or in different places is the most important thing related to the reputation and reputation of the bank.

Today, through the drafts of the famous Jin merchants in the Qing Dynasty, let's take a look at how the ancient silver bills were protected against counterfeiting.

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after Daoguang and Xianfeng, with the decline of national strength, social credit is getting worse and worse, and counterfeit silver tickets occur frequently. The anti-counterfeiting "two-piece set" of traditional handwriting + watermark has been unable to guarantee the security of the bill. For this reason, the ticket number of  Shanxi merchants began to use the method of secret detention as the third insurance besides handwriting and watermark.   

do not think that Jin merchants have only the above three anti-counterfeiting methods. The name of Shanxi merchants is famous all over the world, which is inseparable from the set of perfect management systems established by Shanxi merchants. This system, which is praised by later generations as "law to precision", is the key to ensuring the circulation of Shanxi merchants' bills of exchange in the whole country.