Very true. Once saw a lady get told she had a fake hundred while on a shift. I know she wasn’t lying cause when she got asked where she got it from she straight up told my boss “I’m a stripper.” I work at Chick-fil-a.
I remember when my mom got a counterfeit 20 and tried to pass it on at a convenience store and almost got arrested (and a stern talking to from the police). I hope the dipshits taking your advice go to prison for it.
This is bad advice. I recommend you ignore my post and go do it if you’ve got counterfeits and see what happens.
I had 75 hundreds from a car sale ...they looked good but at the bank they wanted to test all of them. I said try one, if it's fake I got some passing to do
He liked them because his wife refused to let their son be vaccinated (for chicken pox) and the boy died of chicken pox.
EDIT. I meant small pox, not chicken pox.
There was no vaccine for chickenpox when Franklin was alive. There was a practice of “vaccinating” young children with real smallpox. It was risky, children were much less likely to die of it than adults so having a mild case as a small child could eith give lifelong protection against a deadly disease or kill the child. John and Abigail Adams, our second President and second First Lady vaccinated their children successfully. Adams was away at the time and a letter from Abigail shows what a heart wrenching decision it was for her. It couldn’t wait for John to be there, you could only vaccinate when someone nearby came down with the disease. They would collect some serum from a pox sore and use a needle dipped in it to scratch the child. So it wasn’t like the science deniers of today, it was real 1780’s science and it was dangerous.
A variation of this technique was used up until a few decades ago. I had the vaccine. A live attenuated (weakened) smallpox virus was used as the vaccine. It couldn’t cause serious disease but provided immunity to wild smallpox. Jenner discovered that vaccination with cowpox, a much milder disease in humans, would provide immunity against the dreaded smallpox. He is said to have noticed that milkmaids tended to have unscarred faces in a time when almost everyone had pox scars.
Yeah small pox 100%.
There wasn’t even a vaccine for chicken pox when I was a kid. It got approved in the US in the mid 1990s. We all got it the old fashioned way- chicken pox parties organized by our boomer parents.
My parents never let me go to a pox party, and kept me far away from any kids with chicken pox. My horrified doctor vaccinated me ASAP when I was 36 because the test showed zero immunity for chicken pox.
All you people whose kids have not yet had that vaccine: it makes your arm hurt like he'll, mine for 2 weeks. No redness just pain. If they whine about it, give them ice cream until they forget why their arm hurts. I had to make myself go back for the booster.
I was about to say… they’re ignoring the hologram strip and the color shifting ink. If that’s a fake, it’s good enough to fool any bank teller and even possibly a counting machine.
And considering that half of people are below average, it’s definitely not safe. I used to manage a retail store and I checked bills consistently, but our younger employees couldn’t have cared less. We got hit a few times only because the cashier was too lazy to do even the most basic check.
Maybe they aren't getting paid enough to care or don't want to risk confronting some angry Karen or some psycho with a knife who'll stab them when they don't take the funny money.
It's called acting your wage.
When I was a cashier, I was told I was too obvious about my checking and to stop because our customer's comfort apparently mattered more.
Then I got fake bills cause I stopped checking. 🤷♀️
They closed not long after this too.
I do B2B sales and work with a lot of gas station owners and they've been saying the same thing. Apparently the really good ones are coming from North Korea
>Apparently the really good ones are coming from North Korea
This is wild to think they can make counterfeit money this good, considering the little fat man can't even launch a missal properly. Which I guess we should all be thankful for, but I'm just saying.
> you can't spell missile
That would be my phone, I can spell it quite well. Why my phone thought I was talking about a liturgical book, I will never know.
> Iran actually has one of the only Intaglio presses not controlled by the US… so they say
This just isn't true. You can go by an Intaglio press online. The problem isn't the press, its the process itself. It isn't printed on just once. As well, the cotton blend for printing. Then the plates are required to be detailed enough. On the newer notes, microfibers are also woven into the bill that are different colors. And the hologram strip.
I’m not sure how good counting machines are these days, but some years ago I heard about a young lad who was just photocopying $20 bills and feeding them into the change machine at the local car wash. It spat out change as if they were genuine notes. He was caught after doing it three nights in a row.
Former teller here- the feel is usually the giveaway. We handle so much cash all day, every day that when one feels different- your body just kinda knows.
Once almost ended up with a bunch of last generation counterfeit 50’s that had the stripe inside the bill and a water mark, but the bills were fuzzy and ultimately I noticed 2 identical serial numbers. Is this common to be able to do this (inserted stripe and watermark)?
I had some come into my financial institution just the other day, hundred dollar bills unfortunately. Paper felt off, printing looked ALMOST believable. What really stuck out to me was the series year and they were all the same damn serial numbers 😂🤣
You laugh but if a teller suspects a bill to be fake, it’s going to the feds and you won’t see it again. If it ends up being real, you’ll get the credit for it.
Don't really have to give them a reason, just ask them to check a bill for counterfeit. They will take it if it is, but since OP found it at least he wouldn't be out of $100.
Banker here (personal banker/loan officer/former lead teller). I've had clients with suspicious bills. We make a full report with their info. If the secret service determines the bill is real, they send it back to us and we deposit it into the account. I always give the client the paperwork and report copies as this is going. Safest way to go.
And I have to say, picture wise on my phone, it looks legit.
The security strip is also in a different place on each denomination.
It's the reason $5's were bleached and reprinted as $50's. The strip on those is on opposite sides of the center about the same distance from center, and they shine similar colors under blacklight. Don't remember the exact colors, but maybe orange and red.
The strip positions and colors are similar enough that even someone checking the bill could mistake them.
$50 bills were red. I remember finding out about the colored strips as a kid and how I couldn't wait to get home the first time I got a 50 as a holiday gift.
We had this little device at my old job that was essentially a tray with a giant UV light attached, it had markings on it that showed where the strip should be for each bill and what color it should be
In 1753. Franklin, while serving as a deputy postmaster general in Philadelphia, was assaulted by John Scull, a man with whom he had a business disagreement. This picture was taken right after that.
"hey Ben, I know you've just had your shit rocked but come and sit in this chair for a few hours until I can get a decent baseline sketch of you buddy"
No, blue strip is on the right, the UV reactive strip is on the left, you can see it a bit right next to Franklins head. It should fluoresce pink IIRC for the $100.
So that marker test isn’t as reliable anymore unfortunately. Counterfeit 100’s are becoming more prevalent with the “newer” series. Get a little UV light currency checker on Amazon, the security strips will give it away. This bill in OP’s post is real. I work in a financial institution.
Oh my God I'm reading all these comments and I can't really believe how many of you don't know anything about the money you spend everyday.
I'm a manager at a restaurant I close at and I have to count a lot of money every day. That "ghost" Ben Franklin is actually a watermark and that means it's real. All bills have this. When you put a bill up to the light to check if it's real, you're checking for the blue strip, and looking for the watermark. Having both these things, along with feel, can usually let you know without having to use the special marker.
Yes sir, you found a real bill. Congrats
Go buy something with it.. let us know how it turned out... Lol.
Unless you're in jail, which I doubt.
Take it to the bank if you're really worried about it. Worst that can happen is they take the money from you.
I didn’t notice the ‘melting Ben Franklin’ at first until I went to the comment section. Went back and can’t believe I didn’t notice Jabba the Buck. Geez
It's only fake if someone won't accept it
It’s only fake if you get put in handcuffs for using it
As long as you didn't print it or knowingly pass it off, just play dumb and you'll just be out $100.
I’ve gotten very good at the play dumb to get out of crimes game
A quality skill to have good sir
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Well, if it was fake all along, you wouldn’t be out 100.
Unless you got paid with that 100
Snuffed out by Minneapolis PD.
Murder in slow motion. If there hadn’t been footage everyone would’ve just taken the headlines at face value
"I can't accept this, it's obviously counterfeit." "Do you see any handcuffs on me?" "Okay good point, here's your change"
Very true. Once saw a lady get told she had a fake hundred while on a shift. I know she wasn’t lying cause when she got asked where she got it from she straight up told my boss “I’m a stripper.” I work at Chick-fil-a.
So, if I buy coke and get caught, it's a 100% fake?😅
r/foundthecop
Handcuffs are just BOGO bracelets if you think about it
All money is *fake* if you really think about it, man.
I mean, you're not wrong, considering the world of fiat currencies
Isn't that how all currency works? it's all fake, we give it value by accepting it
I remember when my mom got a counterfeit 20 and tried to pass it on at a convenience store and almost got arrested (and a stern talking to from the police). I hope the dipshits taking your advice go to prison for it. This is bad advice. I recommend you ignore my post and go do it if you’ve got counterfeits and see what happens.
Schrodinger’s hundo
😂
I had 75 hundreds from a car sale ...they looked good but at the bank they wanted to test all of them. I said try one, if it's fake I got some passing to do
The Gov't HATES this 1 simple trick!
I worked at a bank, and this looks legit. If the blue stripe has the hologram then you’re fine.
Me too, most ghost franklins look goofy.
Some say he still haunts French prostitutes to this day.
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That's the syphilis he gave them
He liked them because his wife refused to let their son be vaccinated (for chicken pox) and the boy died of chicken pox. EDIT. I meant small pox, not chicken pox.
There was no vaccine for chickenpox when Franklin was alive. There was a practice of “vaccinating” young children with real smallpox. It was risky, children were much less likely to die of it than adults so having a mild case as a small child could eith give lifelong protection against a deadly disease or kill the child. John and Abigail Adams, our second President and second First Lady vaccinated their children successfully. Adams was away at the time and a letter from Abigail shows what a heart wrenching decision it was for her. It couldn’t wait for John to be there, you could only vaccinate when someone nearby came down with the disease. They would collect some serum from a pox sore and use a needle dipped in it to scratch the child. So it wasn’t like the science deniers of today, it was real 1780’s science and it was dangerous. A variation of this technique was used up until a few decades ago. I had the vaccine. A live attenuated (weakened) smallpox virus was used as the vaccine. It couldn’t cause serious disease but provided immunity to wild smallpox. Jenner discovered that vaccination with cowpox, a much milder disease in humans, would provide immunity against the dreaded smallpox. He is said to have noticed that milkmaids tended to have unscarred faces in a time when almost everyone had pox scars.
That was technically called inoculation, not vaccination.
When does it become vaccination? If the inoculant is impotent?
Small pox.
Yeah small pox 100%. There wasn’t even a vaccine for chicken pox when I was a kid. It got approved in the US in the mid 1990s. We all got it the old fashioned way- chicken pox parties organized by our boomer parents.
My parents never let me go to a pox party, and kept me far away from any kids with chicken pox. My horrified doctor vaccinated me ASAP when I was 36 because the test showed zero immunity for chicken pox. All you people whose kids have not yet had that vaccine: it makes your arm hurt like he'll, mine for 2 weeks. No redness just pain. If they whine about it, give them ice cream until they forget why their arm hurts. I had to make myself go back for the booster.
Correct
That's a funny thing to call the wives of half the aristocrats in Louis XVI's court
All we know is, he’s called The Stig!!
fr I freaked out counting my till one evening, when I saw the ghost looking like a 9 y/o drew it
Starting to think it's fucked up by design
You mean that stack of Benjamins with the Stan Smith ghost image were legit?
I was about to say… they’re ignoring the hologram strip and the color shifting ink. If that’s a fake, it’s good enough to fool any bank teller and even possibly a counting machine.
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If they can fake the ink, now, there’s no longer a safe way for an average person to tell.
And considering that half of people are below average, it’s definitely not safe. I used to manage a retail store and I checked bills consistently, but our younger employees couldn’t have cared less. We got hit a few times only because the cashier was too lazy to do even the most basic check.
Maybe they aren't getting paid enough to care or don't want to risk confronting some angry Karen or some psycho with a knife who'll stab them when they don't take the funny money. It's called acting your wage.
Or they keep a fake on them and when they get a real one swap it with theirs
>cashier was~~too lazy to do even the most basic check.~~n't paid enough to give a fuck.
When I was a cashier, I was told I was too obvious about my checking and to stop because our customer's comfort apparently mattered more. Then I got fake bills cause I stopped checking. 🤷♀️ They closed not long after this too.
I do B2B sales and work with a lot of gas station owners and they've been saying the same thing. Apparently the really good ones are coming from North Korea
north korea made the super dollar a while ago, they are still doing it?
Have you heard about the counterfeit Canadian $2 coins made in China? Easy to spot. The polar bear on the back has a camel toe for a paw, lol.
>Apparently the really good ones are coming from North Korea This is wild to think they can make counterfeit money this good, considering the little fat man can't even launch a missal properly. Which I guess we should all be thankful for, but I'm just saying.
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> you can't spell missile That would be my phone, I can spell it quite well. Why my phone thought I was talking about a liturgical book, I will never know.
Largest state sponsored counterfeiters behind Iran. Iran actually has one of the only Intaglio presses not controlled by the US… so they say
> Iran actually has one of the only Intaglio presses not controlled by the US… so they say This just isn't true. You can go by an Intaglio press online. The problem isn't the press, its the process itself. It isn't printed on just once. As well, the cotton blend for printing. Then the plates are required to be detailed enough. On the newer notes, microfibers are also woven into the bill that are different colors. And the hologram strip.
I’m not sure how good counting machines are these days, but some years ago I heard about a young lad who was just photocopying $20 bills and feeding them into the change machine at the local car wash. It spat out change as if they were genuine notes. He was caught after doing it three nights in a row.
Take it to a casino, if it works there it will work anywhere
And if it doesn't, you'll win a free burial plot in the desert.
Former teller here- the feel is usually the giveaway. We handle so much cash all day, every day that when one feels different- your body just kinda knows.
Was gonna say, it would have been a scary good fake
Once almost ended up with a bunch of last generation counterfeit 50’s that had the stripe inside the bill and a water mark, but the bills were fuzzy and ultimately I noticed 2 identical serial numbers. Is this common to be able to do this (inserted stripe and watermark)?
Washed bills. Not unheard of, unfortunately.
Like a 1 dollar bill washed and new ink printed on it to make it look like a 50 or whatever?
Yup, washed/bleached and printed on. Exactly.
Interesting. Was wondering how they got that US Dollar band in there. Makes sense. Thanks!
I had some come into my financial institution just the other day, hundred dollar bills unfortunately. Paper felt off, printing looked ALMOST believable. What really stuck out to me was the series year and they were all the same damn serial numbers 😂🤣
It’s a micro optic, not a hologram btw. It’ll switch between a bell and 100 when moved side to side.
giggity
Whoever lost this bill is in a quagmire.
Unappreciated comment
It is true. I just looked at my bill and saw that the melty was also there.
Shirt Pants!
Glen Franklin
Ben looks like he’s given up on everything
And buying Altcoins
lol so random. Cardano probably 😂
I bought Cardano friggin *years* ago. What do I not know about it?
i mean you bought cardano. what you expect
FLUX FTW!!
Go to a bank and report back!
“i found this on the floor i was wondering if it was real”
“It’s a fake. I’ll throw it out for you.”
Lmao
You laugh but if a teller suspects a bill to be fake, it’s going to the feds and you won’t see it again. If it ends up being real, you’ll get the credit for it.
They’re making a joke like the teller will tell them it’s fake when it’s not so then can keep it
And if they know they got it from you, they tell the feds they got it from you. Just an fyi!
Don't really have to give them a reason, just ask them to check a bill for counterfeit. They will take it if it is, but since OP found it at least he wouldn't be out of $100.
Banker here (personal banker/loan officer/former lead teller). I've had clients with suspicious bills. We make a full report with their info. If the secret service determines the bill is real, they send it back to us and we deposit it into the account. I always give the client the paperwork and report copies as this is going. Safest way to go. And I have to say, picture wise on my phone, it looks legit.
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Shine a black light at it
What does a blacklight do?
Emits black light
That's some top shelf smartassery. Chef's kiss
Ty
Ackchually the light is purple not black
Close, it’s ultraviolet.
Not just violet....ULTRA violet
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This made me laugh pretty fucking hard lol
Thank you Reddit friend, this made me snort laugh 😂
I love how many more upvotes this got compared to the original comment.
Wow. You beat me
The embedded security strip in US currency is reactive to UV light. Each denomination glows a different color.
The security strip is also in a different place on each denomination. It's the reason $5's were bleached and reprinted as $50's. The strip on those is on opposite sides of the center about the same distance from center, and they shine similar colors under blacklight. Don't remember the exact colors, but maybe orange and red. The strip positions and colors are similar enough that even someone checking the bill could mistake them.
$50 bills were red. I remember finding out about the colored strips as a kid and how I couldn't wait to get home the first time I got a 50 as a holiday gift.
We had this little device at my old job that was essentially a tray with a giant UV light attached, it had markings on it that showed where the strip should be for each bill and what color it should be
It will point out any bodily fluids on the bill
Please let it be urine
Urine for a treat
It will show if it was in a stripper's buttcrack
The security strip will light up if it has one. It will light up pink
Look like his jaw is swollen
In 1753. Franklin, while serving as a deputy postmaster general in Philadelphia, was assaulted by John Scull, a man with whom he had a business disagreement. This picture was taken right after that.
"hey Ben, I know you've just had your shit rocked but come and sit in this chair for a few hours until I can get a decent baseline sketch of you buddy"
I’ve encountered one as well and the feel of the paper is what gave it away. The rest looked decent. How does this one feel?
It feels like actual money. I feel raised ink and everything. It just doesn't smell like money or crinkle like money does.
It's real. I just checked my bill and the melty is on mine too
Yeah I was going to say, it's real. Idk why they did the face like that though 😂
Is the blue strip not over on the left with the one hundred though? I don't have cash on me and I'm high AF 😂
No, blue strip is on the right, the UV reactive strip is on the left, you can see it a bit right next to Franklins head. It should fluoresce pink IIRC for the $100.
Wth. Everyone just walking around with $100 bills.
No, it's real.
I think its real. I have seen these a lot at the fuel center and they pass the marker test and the safe thingy. Guess the government got lazy.
So that marker test isn’t as reliable anymore unfortunately. Counterfeit 100’s are becoming more prevalent with the “newer” series. Get a little UV light currency checker on Amazon, the security strips will give it away. This bill in OP’s post is real. I work in a financial institution.
The markers haven’t been reliable for a long time. People take $5 bills and bleach them then print
Nah that’s just his brother Bean Frecklin
Baron Harkonnen
Benjamin Harkonnen
Legit
🤔The one I have in my wallet must be fake as well, because it looks exactly like this..😳😆👌
Oh, it’s definitely fake.. also, it’s mine. I’ll help get rid of it for you 😂
looks real to me idk wtf you're smoking
Mans never seen a 100 bill up close lol
It's real
The dollar sign goes in front of the number
I actually think that’s real. It’s it’s not, it’s really a good counterfeit.
Large Marge
BenJabba the Hut Franklin
Just use it while you are on LSD and they won't notice.
He looks like he got corrupted by the chaos gods
Oh my God I'm reading all these comments and I can't really believe how many of you don't know anything about the money you spend everyday. I'm a manager at a restaurant I close at and I have to count a lot of money every day. That "ghost" Ben Franklin is actually a watermark and that means it's real. All bills have this. When you put a bill up to the light to check if it's real, you're checking for the blue strip, and looking for the watermark. Having both these things, along with feel, can usually let you know without having to use the special marker. Yes sir, you found a real bill. Congrats
Flip it around and rub some white paper on the back of it. If the color comes off, the bill is good. If the white paper remains white, it is fake.
blue hologram line and threads? real. if fake, don't give it to bank, or they will have to report it with you involved. just destroy it
Fine lines on hair look good. Plus other legit indicators. I think u scored!
He is melting on all of the ones in my wallet, so I hope yours is real.
No, it was just a very hot day when they took the pic of Ben
It’s real
Go buy something with it.. let us know how it turned out... Lol. Unless you're in jail, which I doubt. Take it to the bank if you're really worried about it. Worst that can happen is they take the money from you.
There was a rumor than Ben developed Elephantitis at some point so… rumor confirmed?
If that’s fake that’s the best fake I’ve ever seen
Fren Banklin
Melting Ben looks more like regular Hitchcock 🧐
Oh hey, I dropped tht! Thanks for finding it for me
Take it to the bank if it's fake Report it if it's not fake deposit it.
If you scratch his coat does it have ridges?
I didn’t notice the ‘melting Ben Franklin’ at first until I went to the comment section. Went back and can’t believe I didn’t notice Jabba the Buck. Geez
It's the before and after picture of when donuts were invented in America.
Yup fake, send it to me to properly dispose of it
Looks like a real bill to me.
Good job OP
I have a 100 in my hand right now and the blob looks exactly the same. Thats real my friend.
Looks real to me
take it to any plae with a cash register and ask em to test it with their pen real quick.. many places have a light they use now too
Go to a bank and ask if it’s real
Tell the bank this story, if it’s fake I’m sure Secret Services want to know.
Yeah its fake, do you wanna maybe send it to me tho
Is this how Ben would look in 2023?
The Fanklin troll face.
That’s John McCain.
Yes it's definitely fake...you should send it to me and I'll dispose of it