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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
scottishmoney wrote:
This morning I went to the bank and made the weekly withdrawl. One of the $100's just didn't quite look right the ink was a bit off. I looked at it up against the overhead light, and sure enough, it was Abraham Lincoln's watermark, not Ben Franklin's. Someone had apparently bleached a $5 and printed the $100 over it. The crazy thing was handing it back to the teller and telling her it was a counterfeit, she did not believe me and used the counterfeit detector pen on it. Of course it appeared authentic according to the detector pen, because the paper was real. I had her look at the watermark, and sure enough she verified she saw Lincoln too. The pen thing would have thrown her, because this was a bleached $5 bill that was used, so the paper was good, but not for a $100 bill. If it had been up to a $20 I would have kept it as a curiousity, but a $100 is a bit much to swallow. I subsequently found out that there have been a rash of them circulating in our area lately. The teller had purchased it from another teller earlier whom had taken it in from a deposit. Somebody was not careful when they took in money today. I have always thought counterfeits were something I woudl never find - surprise! That is precisely why the $5 was recently redesigned - to improve the security of the $100. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"Michael G. Koerner" That is precisely why the $5 was recently redesigned - to improve the security of the $100. Documentation, please. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"Jim Menning" wrote in message ... "Michael G. Koerner" That is precisely why the $5 was recently redesigned - to improve the security of the $100. Documentation, please. The BEP replaced the watermark of Abraham Lincoln with the numeral 5 on the Series 2006 notes, the colourised ones at least. So if you have a couple of fivers, one say 2001 or 2003, and then one of the colourised 2006's you will notice the change. |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"scottishmoney" wrote in message ... "Jim Menning" wrote in message ... "Michael G. Koerner" That is precisely why the $5 was recently redesigned - to improve the security of the $100. Documentation, please. The BEP replaced the watermark of Abraham Lincoln with the numeral 5 on the Series 2006 notes, the colourised ones at least. So if you have a couple of fivers, one say 2001 or 2003, and then one of the colourised 2006's you will notice the change. Wrong answer. Where does the government say they did this "to improve the security of the $100" bill? The link provided earlier only mentioned this to make it more visible to vision impaired persons. http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney.../currency/new5 "Other Features: Low-Vision Featu The large, easy-to-read number "5" in the lower right corner on the back of the bill, which helps those with visual impairments distinguish the denomination, is now enlarged in the new $5 bill design and printed in high-contrast purple ink." ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
In , on 09/30/2008
at 06:26 PM, "Jim Menning" said: Wrong answer. Where does the government say they did this "to improve the security of the $100" bill? It took me about 45 seconds of googling to find this: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006...-094637-3384r/ "But officials said changed their minds in part so they can respond to a new scam in which counterfeiters are bleaching the ink off $5 notes and then printing counterfeit $100 bills on the bleached paper. 'We have to stay ahead of any threats we see evolving," said Larry Felix, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing'" Nick |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"Nick Knight" wrote in message ... In , on 09/30/2008 at 06:26 PM, "Jim Menning" said: Wrong answer. Where does the government say they did this "to improve the security of the $100" bill? It took me about 45 seconds of googling to find this: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2006...-094637-3384r/ "But officials said changed their minds in part so they can respond to a new scam in which counterfeiters are bleaching the ink off $5 notes and then printing counterfeit $100 bills on the bleached paper. 'We have to stay ahead of any threats we see evolving," said Larry Felix, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing'" Nick Thanks Nick. I'd still like to see more posters here back up their statements with documentation rather than just assuming everyone will take their statements to be absolute fact. The official government declaration to the public for the redesign of the $5 bill made no mention of the bleaching $5 bills and printing over them. That's why I asked for supporting evidence, which Michael seemed unable to do. Even the article you quote mentions the issuance of the redesigned $5 bill to be only "in part" due to the bill bleaching, not "precisely why the $5 was recently redesigned" as Mr. Koerner suggests. I would suggest the reason for the almost full redesign of the $5 bill was to make it itself less duplicable, rather than to prevent them from being used to create fake $100 bills out of. Not surprising to me, that is what the official government link I quoted earlier stated. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"Jim Menning" wrote in message ... "Nick Knight" wrote in message ... In , on 09/30/2008 at 06:26 PM, "Jim Menning" said: Wrong answer. Where does the government say they did this "to improve the security of the $100" bill? It took me about 45 seconds of googling to find this: Wow, Nick is so cool. Only 45 seconds! I bow to his greatness. |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"But officials said changed their minds in part so they can respond to a new scam in which counterfeiters are bleaching the ink off $5 notes and then printing counterfeit $100 bills on the bleached paper. 'We have to stay ahead of any threats we see evolving," said Larry Felix, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing'" Nick Thanks Nick. I'd still like to see more posters here back up their statements with documentation rather than just assuming everyone will take their statements to be absolute fact. It's not like everyone is going to believe what's said on USENET and take it back to the coffee shop and repeat it. Yeah, some are, and I get a kick out of them sometimes. The official government declaration to the public for the redesign of the $5 bill made no mention of the bleaching $5 bills and printing over them. That's why I asked for supporting evidence, which Michael seemed unable to do. Even the article you quote mentions the issuance of the redesigned $5 bill to be only "in part" due to the bill bleaching, not "precisely why the $5 was recently redesigned" as Mr. Koerner suggests. I would suggest the reason for the almost full redesign of the $5 bill was to make it itself less duplicable, rather than to prevent them from being used to create fake $100 bills out of. Are you sure? If you were going to counterfeit a bill would you do a $5 or a $100? Not surprising to me, that is what the official government link I quoted earlier stated. mk stuck at the coffee shop trying to earn a hunert dollar bill. |
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Got A Counterfeit At The Bank
"MJKolodziej" wrote in message owncomputing... I would suggest the reason for the almost full redesign of the $5 bill was to make it itself less duplicable, rather than to prevent them from being used to create fake $100 bills out of. Are you sure? If you were going to counterfeit a bill would you do a $5 or a $100? Ask Francis Leroy Henning. $5 bills pass without much scrutiny. I've never seen a store clerk use the detector pen on anything less than a $20 bill. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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