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Gretacoder SWIFT payment authenticator, Bank of England Museum https://flic.kr/p/2rBkCuWGretacoder SWIFT payment authenticator. Keeping communication between banks secure is essential to prevent fraud and misuse. The Gretacoder was used in the 1970s to encrypt and decypher nternational payment requests between banks. There were several elements in the Gretacoder system: this part acted as a kind of phone book.(Bank of England Museum 1982/075/002; text from the label)
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