The number of printing factories in charge of secure printing for banknote production in the world is quite small. A handful of highly specialized banknote designers are responsible for keeping the world’s economies fluid, safe from counterfeiting and making the peoples around the globe proud of their country. Among them, the French firm Oberthur Fiduciaire, run by Thomas Savare, which has heaved (and kept) itself on the first tier of the world market. Its angle? Design and intimate knowledge of the world’s cultures.