Heads up on counterfeit $100 bills !!!!
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Last night I was shown the BEST counterfeit $100 I have EVER seen! They are bleaching fives and printing 100's on the right paper. VERY VERY good work. Color shift was off, but it was GOOOOOD!
Edited to add: The watermark was LINCOLN !
Edited to add: The watermark was LINCOLN !
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<< <i>Why don't people just look at the watermark and the strip? >>
Because most of them are clueless enough that they still don't know they are there. Strips been there for 14 years, watermarks for eight years and my guess would be that if you started asking people on the street about them you would find less than 30% know about them.
It's amazng. Two hundred years ago the average man in the street knew which 8 reales had a quarter grain more silver in them and that the US dollar was .5% underweight compared to the 8 reales with which it traded at par. So they would buy 8 reales with dollars and have the reales recoined as dollars to repeat the process to get that half cent per coin profit. And today they take fake hundreds because they don't the anti-counterfeiting features.
Great printing but wrong paper. Fun to see.
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<< <i>Why don't people just look at the watermark and the strip? >>
Because most of them are clueless enough that they still don't know they are there. Strips been there for 14 years, watermarks for eight years and my guess would be that if you started asking people on the street about them you would find less than 30% know about them.
It's amazng. Two hundred years ago the average man in the street knew which 8 reales had a quarter grain more silver in them and that the US dollar was .5% underweight compared to the 8 reales with which it traded at par. So they would buy 8 reales with dollars and have the reales recoined as dollars to repeat the process to get that half cent per coin profit. And today they take fake hundreds because they don't the anti-counterfeiting features. >>
This is so true. I have never seen anyone check for the watermark or security strip on any denomination note. All I've seen is the occasional use of that special marker, usually on bills that are crisp and seem like they might be fake. Many people don't even know about the markers. Case in point: A couple of weeks ago I sold some goods through ebay and a seller sent me payment with crisp $100's. Little did I know they were at the top of the envelope and you guessed it, I ripped the top off exposing the security thread. I knew this would really catch people's eye, so I went out and spent it to see the reactions. I took it to a quiznos and ordered a sandwich. When I presented the bill, the cashier thought it was bad and not worth $100 anymore and maybe even fake. They then got the manager, who simply asked "Did you mark it with the marker?" The cashier and 3 other workers were all like "oh wow I didn't know what that was for." There's a flaw with the marker method as well. Prior to series 1950 notes, the marker will not work. I was told this by a vault keeper who watched a teller repeatedly mark silver certificates and claim they were fake when the marker turned the wrong color. So what should be done about this? Hard to say, most people don't look twice at a note. They see it, they're brain registers that its a $5 or a $10 or whatever and goods are exchanged. The thing about the 8 reales is back then they were made of silver, something that had actual value as a precious metal and was essentially worth that. Money of today isn't really backed by anything, coins are made of cheap metal alloys and what have you and paper money is essentially just paper. There's that "new" idea floating around for the "liberty dollar" which is backed by silver, but old habbits die hard and no one is really welcoming this change. There's no revolutionary idea that's going to just magically change the whole money system, so I imagine it'll stay just how it is. I for one don't really care for the new designs that they're coming out with, the new $50 is going to have a big american flag as the background? Reminds me of the "Bandwagon Patriot, loving the U.S. since 9/11/01" bumper sticker I saw a while ago.
Inside light is not always best for seeing the security features.
God forbid that the United Stasis of America ever gave its citizens REAL gold and silver money again per the Constipation.....er....Consecration.....er......what IS that silly paper that them old geezers drew up?
Most people never look for the strip.
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Proof69, I have also pulled the strip out w/o damaging the dollar bill. Kind of neat.
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<< <i>Wouldn't this counterfeit pass the marker test, since it's printed on genuine paper?
Yes, this counterfeit would pass the marker test. That's why my company forbids use of the marker.
The color shift is the easiest way to tell fake hundreds. Just turn the bill and watch the green turn black and then green again. I've never heard of that feature being duplicated. Has anyone else heard of that being faked?
If at a casino. do it, get the chips, play large for a little and, if you win, get out. If you loose, well, you took a chance.
But, I wouldn't linger given the cameras, etc.
I've never figured out why they don't get more counterfeits there......the bills stay in the box at the table until pickup time, right? or is there a pneumatic tube under there? (never worked at a casino and never was brave enough to ask as they might think I would then try to pull something).
If you use them at a strip club, then you get nothing except "use" from them....very little change
Still though, the lighting and the type of environment at both would be conducive to this type of activity.
<< <i>This one was paid out by a casino.
Inside light is not always best for seeing the security features.
God forbid that the United Stasis of America ever gave its citizens REAL gold and silver money again per the Constipation.....er....Consecration.....er......what IS that silly paper that them old geezers drew up?
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment