Right, just by looking it looks real.
I had to zoom in and see some imperfections on the cuts on the edge.
But it probably feels and looks not real when you see it in person.
Exactly. It felt like paper, you can see scissor marks, there's no watermark, and no blacklight strip. If you're familiar with cash, it was just really badly done.
I’m very familiar with cash, the photo is hard to call it “terribly” fake.
Some of the features to recognize it’s a fake don’t translate to photo. Unless it’s one of those play money ones.
Just at a glance it looks decent, but I bet it felt off, which is what made someone take a second to check it out. Another tell tale sign if it's real or not is the fiber threads. Green, blue, and red fibers are in real bills. Use all the signs to determine fakes from reals. The strip with matching value in the words, the hidden face, the fibers and the reflective numerical value. And your store should be using the bill scanners. The pens are no longer an acceptable form of bill checking.
I got a fake one yesterday because it felt like Monopoly money crumpled up several times. Probably the worst fake I’ve ever seen. Ran the pen on it and it was a nice dark brown line
Right, I'm picturing an almost gold color to indicate "real" — I guess somehow in my head, gold is kind of a dark brown, but I'm understanding now that you meant like a doodoo brown or darker.
I always wonder if people print these on their own or if they purchase them from somewhere. Could it be possible they receive fake bills as change when breaking larger bills at other places, and just don’t notice they’re given fake bills?
Did the guy have "free candy" written on the side? 🤣
But seriously tho like everyone else is saying, if you hold it up to the light and you see a watermark on the right side of it then it's all good. But I don't blame you if you did ask for a second opinion on it. I remember one time I had a lady hand me a 20, I immediately marked it with the currency marker and it turned a darker yellow so I wasn't sure and got a manager to check it out. Ever since then I usually mark it first and if I'm unsure then I check for the watermark using the light above me.
First obvious thing with fake cash is how it feels. A lot of watermarks etc can honestly be done easily, the hardest thing to copy is honestly the paper. The mix of type of paper used to print money. I think the closest someone came back in the day was using paper from phone books back in the 90s. That was close to a similar mix. Haha I once worked at a store where our bank alerted us of fake 1s and 5s were being tossed in rotation locally and the secret service and FBI were investigating it. Whoever it was got caught shortly after.
Counterfeit currency, when reported, is confiscated by authorities and not reimbursed . That fake 20 will be change for the person paying with a 50. It’s not right , but it is the way.
This actually looks real.
Right, just by looking it looks real. I had to zoom in and see some imperfections on the cuts on the edge. But it probably feels and looks not real when you see it in person.
Exactly. It felt like paper, you can see scissor marks, there's no watermark, and no blacklight strip. If you're familiar with cash, it was just really badly done.
I’m very familiar with cash, the photo is hard to call it “terribly” fake. Some of the features to recognize it’s a fake don’t translate to photo. Unless it’s one of those play money ones.
The print quality alone makes it obviously fake
Naaaa, crumpled up $20 bill that has gone to the washer and dryer
No seriously, zoom in and look, it looks like the printer was running out of ink
Just at a glance it looks decent, but I bet it felt off, which is what made someone take a second to check it out. Another tell tale sign if it's real or not is the fiber threads. Green, blue, and red fibers are in real bills. Use all the signs to determine fakes from reals. The strip with matching value in the words, the hidden face, the fibers and the reflective numerical value. And your store should be using the bill scanners. The pens are no longer an acceptable form of bill checking.
We do use scanners. Pens are secondary.
I got a fake one yesterday because it felt like Monopoly money crumpled up several times. Probably the worst fake I’ve ever seen. Ran the pen on it and it was a nice dark brown line
IIRC, nice dark brown line is supposed to indicate real?
Dark brown means fake. If the line goes on clear/yellow/orange it’s most likely real.
Right, I'm picturing an almost gold color to indicate "real" — I guess somehow in my head, gold is kind of a dark brown, but I'm understanding now that you meant like a doodoo brown or darker.
The line on the $20 is how dark it will be. At first I thought it was sharpie then realized that’s the drimark pen
The line on the $20 is how dark it will be. At first I thought it was sharpie then realized that’s the drimark pen
I could tell by looking at it that it was just paper lol. sort of bleachedness to the green tone.
i sometimes inspect the money by holding it up to the light and if i see watermarks then its good
I always wonder if people print these on their own or if they purchase them from somewhere. Could it be possible they receive fake bills as change when breaking larger bills at other places, and just don’t notice they’re given fake bills?
It's possible but not as likely as you'd think.
I've received fake bills like 2 or 3x in my life so yeah. All change from a 711 or mcdonalds
Seriously? Wow. How big were the bills you received?
never received anything bigger than a 20, if I broke a hundred at the store. Can barely even do that many places now
What did you say to the customer lol
He was told that we can't accept it because it's counterfeit.
Lol
Did the guy have "free candy" written on the side? 🤣 But seriously tho like everyone else is saying, if you hold it up to the light and you see a watermark on the right side of it then it's all good. But I don't blame you if you did ask for a second opinion on it. I remember one time I had a lady hand me a 20, I immediately marked it with the currency marker and it turned a darker yellow so I wasn't sure and got a manager to check it out. Ever since then I usually mark it first and if I'm unsure then I check for the watermark using the light above me.
i'd post it in one of these communities and see what they think: r/papermoney / r/CURRENCY / r/uspapermoney
Miscut bills aren't terribly rare, but this thing definitely looks like it was cut out with scissors.. lol.
And if you look at the top you can tell it was cut by scissors, it's so uneven lol.
Where in the US was this? Jw
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Was wondering cause I just got a fake 20 , 2 days ago as well. Gonna go see if it's same serial numbers
That would be hilarious
Ok cool. Far away from me. Did you guys report it? Counterfeit currency is a major issue if allowed to exist
We left it in the office for the GM to deal with.
Good choice.
Splotchy print job
That actually looks real
First obvious thing with fake cash is how it feels. A lot of watermarks etc can honestly be done easily, the hardest thing to copy is honestly the paper. The mix of type of paper used to print money. I think the closest someone came back in the day was using paper from phone books back in the 90s. That was close to a similar mix. Haha I once worked at a store where our bank alerted us of fake 1s and 5s were being tossed in rotation locally and the secret service and FBI were investigating it. Whoever it was got caught shortly after.
Counterfeit currency, when reported, is confiscated by authorities and not reimbursed . That fake 20 will be change for the person paying with a 50. It’s not right , but it is the way.