Moonbox Posted December 6, 2011 Report Posted December 6, 2011 Good cashiers can detect fakes by touching them. Good cashiers don't closely examine every single bill. Some of the counterfeits are EXCELLENT. In my line of work I've seen counterfeits so good that even the holographic strip on the left of the bill first glance. Realistically, counterfeiters aren't expecting their bills to pass close examination. They're not going to make much of an effort to duplicate some of the more complicated features because the operation to do so would be too large to remain hidden. Things like raised ink, watermarks, micro-print and UV features are usually not there on a counterfeit. These, however, are all things that 99% of people passing the currency don't look for, because they're largely not visible to the naked eye. What the new polymer bills do is exponentially raise the required scale of a counterfeit operation. The security features in the new bills are clearly visible for all to see. There are transparent parts, large holograms of faces etc etc...These are all things you'd see just picking the bill up and putting it in your wallet. The best part is that they'd be EXTREMELY difficult and expensive to reproduce. You'd need a large operation to put it all together. Quote "A man is no more entitled to an opinion for which he cannot account than he is for a pint of beer for which he cannot pay" - Anonymous
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