Wife got a counterfiet $10 bill today ... what to do?

clackamas

I have a poker game @ 7:30 tonight. All I had were 3 $20 and the buyin is $50 so I asked my wife if she had a $10. She says yes a beat up one., hands it to me and instantly I knew it was a fake. Not even the correct size, the printing is too small, no security strip, even the ink was the wrong color, fake as a Hollywood actress. Anyway what should I do. She just wanted to bring it back to the Asian deli and get her $10 back. I think call the SS, the shop owner had to know this was a fake and tried to pass it as real, a federal felony. ????

PreTurb

It's probably a valuable item to an oddball currency buff.

Coinhusker1

Post a pic of it!!

ldhair

<< <i>It's probably a valuable item to an oddball currency buff. >>


But they won't say so or admit they own any fake currency.

kieferscoins

What the Secret Service says to do

Cameron Kiefer

jdsinva

Probably someone passed it off to the deli and they didn't know. I've seen a scanned and printed $5 before that looked quite close to the real thing. Like yours, it was a bit too small and lacked any secuirty features but if tendered with several other bills, it would probably go unnoticed.

SmallSizedGuy

If you turn it in to a bank, your out the $10. Best bet is too keep it. There are a lot of "under the table" counterfeit collectors out there in the paper money collecting area.

Louis

Pass it off at the poker game.

BigGreek

eBay!!!

clackamas

Top one real, botto one the fake $10, notice the incorrect size.

K6AZ

With some of the newer cameras and color laser printers, this is becoming a real problem, especially for fives and tens that no one really inspects.

100proof1957

10 bucks ?

I would keep it !

Tootawl

Post this one the currency board. There are some real smart people over there.

K6AZ

Wow, that's pretty obvious.

relayer

Use it to buy a stolen USPS money order.

clackamas

<< <i>Wow, that's pretty obvious. >>


Did not take me one second, quite litterally to say fake!



<< <i>Use it to buy a stolen USPS money order. >>



LOL

Coinhusker1

I presume no watermark of Hamilton on the right hand side either.

clackamas

<< <i>I presume no watermark of Hamilton on the right hand side either. >>


Nope, and no security strip. It is so bad it is almost funny, I can't believe the deli owner did not know full well that this was a fake. I want to bust her.

ychange

someone sure went to alot of work on that bill, to distress it and age it that way. for $10?

maybe it's real, a worn and used $10, washed/dried for a few cycles in a pair of jeans. i've seen some raglike bills that were still real.

hard to tell from the pic, honestly, a crisp newstyle $20 compared to a worn $10, but it does look 1/8th inch smaller. does the shiny green/yellow 10 change colors at all? those security strips can be removed, used to be a pastime for some friends, lol.

pass it off to the kids to use as lunch money.

ldhair

Looking at the image.
This bill passed for a while.
Check the fold in the center.

NoGvmnt

Use it at the gas station, just mix it in with the other 6 it takes to fill your tank.

Or you could use it to buy 10 weenie coins from Marty.

Jim

loanshark

For the $10 it cost you I would keep it. How many other people do you know who have their very own fake bill. Great conversation piece in my opinion.

Loan Shark

AValde

Cotton is one of the materials used to make notes and it shrinks when washed. I believe a shrinkage has happened.

19Lyds

<< <i>
Top one real, botto one the fake $10, notice the incorrect size. >>



Look's laundered to me!

Edited for spelling! Dang!

K6AZ

Have you checked for the micro printing? Example:

clackamas

<< <i>Have you checked for the micro printing? Example:

>>



Oh yeh this is as fake as a $3 bill. The portrait is in green ink. A real one is black. It is an ink jet printer fake to boot. Totally fake compred to a real one under 10X.

K6AZ

That's what I figured when you posted the images. Unless they were used a camera image like I posted, a crude copy wouldnn't have shown the micro printing.

fishcooker

Add another Zero to it!!

LincolnCentMan

Well, I dont think I'd make accusations to the SS, but I would think that there would be nothing wrong with telling them where the bill was recieved. I'm sure they could draw their own conclusions about the restrant.

I withdrew a couple of thousand in hundreds at my bank a couple of years ago to go to a show. I went but couldnt find anything that I wanted. I took the money back to the bank to deposite it. Among the bills was one that was printed before the magnetic strips or water marks were incorporated into them. The cleark called the bank manager to ok the bill. I didnt have a problem with that, but before long, the bank manager and about five underlings were crouded in a huddle with the lone hundred dollar bill sticking up toward the light. I'd never felt so insulted by a bank. I put on my hacked off face and told them that I had withdawn the money from this bank and asked if it were counterfit if they made a habbit of passing counterfit bills to their customers. They ultimately decided it was real, which it was... and I knew it. But the whole situation rubbed me the wrong way.

David

Barry

Here's an interesting tidbit...

Did you know most of the major graphics programs will not permit you to save a graphics file of many world currencies (USD, Euro, British pound, etc.)? They have code in the software to identify currency and prevent attempts to edit and print it.

bearcave

I'd send it and 39 more to the seller of those quarters.

LanLord

I wonder if the FBI or Secret Service watches boards like these for this kinda stuff?

Perhaps you'll be meeting one of the under cover boys here shortly.

Coinhusker1

<< <i>Cotton is one of the materials used to make notes and it shrinks when washed. I believe a shrinkage has happened. >>



Even a (literally) laundered bill would have the security strip and watermark show up.

Neptune

I can't believe the deli owner did not know full well that this was a fake. I want to bust her.

If it is truly a counterfeit - they need to be busted. Yes, I would post on the currency forum.

Boom

It's been washed and run through the dryer on SUPER " hot" setting

BigE

Go back and ask for change and see if they give you more----------------BigE

Smittys

Actually, check your home owners insurance. I had a flooded basement as was going
through my policy when i see a section on counterfiet money. It says to turn it into
the bank and get reciept, it is covered up to 500.00 with no deductible.
Kinda surprised me but hey now i know.


Smitty

jonesor

if you report it, you're out $10.

i dated a secret service agent for a while, i heard all kinds of stories.

nesvt

I worked at a large grocery store chain decades ago during high school. I was at the register one day and unknowingly accepted a fake $20. When I cashed out for the day, it was spotted by management. I was questioned by the police and some guys in suits for a couple of hours. Unfortunately I couldn't remember which customer gave it to me orwhat time during the day it was received. The company wanted to dock my pay for the $20, but not compensate for the two hours of questioning. I guess at 16, I was suppose to know better.

ozzysdad

What about the red and blue silk fibers? not to mention you can get one of those marking pens that the banks and stores use to tell instantly? Also, seem's like i read somewhere about counterfeiting and the people who used to put the extra large facsimile bills in the gumball machines along with the miniature bills, that as long as it's not the same size as a original Federal Reserve Note, it's not considered counterfeiting? Either way, IMO, if it's close enough to appear as genuine then no matter how you look at it, it's a attempt to defraud or deceive. You can get yourself into a bad situation just possessing it. and if you turn it in show's you have good intention's.

However," The road to he__ was paved with good intentions"......

itsnotjustme

I view notifying the police or Secret Service as MANDATORY. A federal crime has been committed and needs to be investigated. Maybe they have had counterfeits from that deli before, but need more evidence to get a search warrent or justify an arrest.

K6AZ

<< <i>Here's an interesting tidbit...

Did you know most of the major graphics programs will not permit you to save a graphics file of many world currencies (USD, Euro, British pound, etc.)? They have code in the software to identify currency and prevent attempts to edit and print it. >>



Only problem is the code has been cracked and is regularly posted in the "warez" group. There are also many programs still out there that will image currency. My image editor will, it's a version that is seven years old.

The only way to be sure you have a genuine note is by the security thread, the watermark, the color shifting ink, and the red and blue fibers in the paper. Below is Franklin's portrait off a new $100 FRB, and with a laser printer this could be virtually duplicated.

ychange

i have solved the problem!

send it to this guy!



PCGS Announces Currency Grading, Taps Jason W. Bradford to Head New Division

- January 7, 2005

chiefbob

Speaking of counterfeits, I heard a funny story this morning. Can't remember what city it happened in, but a counterfeiter was arrested. At his bail hearing, he was offered bail at $500. Yes, you guessed it: he passed $500 worth of phonies for his bail and was immediately thrown in jail. I couldn't stop laughing when I heard that!

Bob