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It’s every investor’s dream to hold a company with a license to print money. That’s literally what you get with De La Rue.

The company traces its roots to Thomas De La Rue, who relocated to London from the French-speaking British island of Guernsey in 1821 to seek his fortune. After making straw hats and fancy stationery, he moved on to printing color playing cards, railway tickets, and postage stamps. In 1860, his company made the first paper money for the government of Mauritius in east Africa.

It’s every investor’s dream to hold a company with a license to print money.

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