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Counterfeit US $20 bills
Sure would be interesting to see a display of counterfeit $20s etc. I'm
sure the feds destroy them ASAP and even though its illegal to have one(?) it would be nifty to see some of the fakes so one might more easily identify them from the real McCoy. IMO it'd be amusing to see the massive amount of work involved by the counterfeiters. |
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"Grandpa" jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote in message ... Sure would be interesting to see a display of counterfeit $20s etc. I'm sure the feds destroy them ASAP and even though its illegal to have one(?) it would be nifty to see some of the fakes so one might more easily identify them from the real McCoy. IMO it'd be amusing to see the massive amount of work involved by the counterfeiters. Actually, you would be surprised. Back in 1984 I toured the FRB in San Francisco, one of the exhibits was counterfeit currency and in fact one of the Fed employees brought out some sample counterfeits which they retained as teaching tools to the public that toured the bank. It was the only time I have ever been able to examine counterfeit US currency, hold it, feel it and look it over. I remember noticing that it was rather more oily than real currency. They retain them primarily for investigations, but also as teaching tools for investigators and even occasionally the public. Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/03 |
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The TV show on the BEP (NOVA?) showed a large storage file with drawers with examples of
MANY bogus bills. -Fred Shecter -- ""Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Grandpa" jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote in message ... Sure would be interesting to see a display of counterfeit $20s etc. I'm sure the feds destroy them ASAP and even though its illegal to have one(?) it would be nifty to see some of the fakes so one might more easily identify them from the real McCoy. IMO it'd be amusing to see the massive amount of work involved by the counterfeiters. |
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Sure would be interesting to see a display of counterfeit $20s etc. I'm
sure the feds destroy them ASAP and even though its illegal to have one(?) it would be nifty to see some of the fakes so one might more easily identify them from the real McCoy. IMO it'd be amusing to see the massive amount of work involved by the counterfeiters. I remember a great NOVA episode on counterfeiting from about ten years ago. They showed an office at the Secret Service (shh!) where IIRC they had a sample of every counterfeit ever recovered. They use it to compare against when they find new ones to see if it's a known counterfeit printing or not. Brad http://www.blarg.net/~brad/coins.htm |
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If the USA note counterfeits are similar to the ones in the UK there is
no massive work involved by the counterfeiters as a very poor fake will pass very easily. I of course do not possess any counterfeit notes but if I did you would be surprised at how poor they are. :-) One note that I don't have has a pencil line for the security strip and it's about 1/2 an inch from the correct location for it, it was passed to a local shop. The level of detail in the "engraving" is low and fuzzy. Shop staff don't scrutinise notes they just bung them in the till. Billy Grandpa wrote: Sure would be interesting to see a display of counterfeit $20s etc. I'm sure the feds destroy them ASAP and even though its illegal to have one(?) it would be nifty to see some of the fakes so one might more easily identify them from the real McCoy. IMO it'd be amusing to see the massive amount of work involved by the counterfeiters. |
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The bank of England, and the note issuing Scottish banks I'm sure,
catalogue the fake notes, it would be silly of them to destroy evidence that may be required in a future prosecution. Billy Mark wrote: On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:17:05 -0700, Grandpa jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote: Sure would be interesting to see a display of counterfeit $20s etc. I'm sure the feds destroy them ASAP and even though its illegal to have one(?) it would be nifty to see some of the fakes so one might more easily identify them from the real McCoy. IMO it'd be amusing to see the massive amount of work involved by the counterfeiters. The Secret Service keeps samples from every single batch of counterfeit bills discovered. If only 1 bill is discovered, they keep it and file it. Years ago I saw some show that detailed it and they have an enormous room full of miniature file cabinets (thin slab type pull out shelves) that house all the bills along with detailed information about them. |
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From: Edward McGrath
: )) You okay? Too many beans for lunch? 8-? Coin Saver |
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Before the counterfeit story broke on the news I was in a Shoprite store
talking with a store manager and he showed me 2 new $20 counterfeit bills they got stuck with. The give away that they were counterfeit was the bill did not have the shifting color ink on the bottom right. When you tilt the $20 bill the 20 on the bottom right is supposed to change from gold color to green it didn't. It didn't take very long for the counterfeit $20s to pop up. The poor cashiers didn't know what to look for since the bills are so new to them. Ed |
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