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Portugal
Another form of counterfeiting is the production of documents by legitimate printers in response to fraudulent
instructions. An example of this is the Portuguese Bank Note Crisis of 1925,
when the British banknote printers Waterlow and Sons produced Banco de Portugal
notes equivalent in value to 0.88% of the Portuguese nominal Gross Domestic
Product, with identical serial numbers to existing banknotes, in response
to a fraud perpetrated by Alves dos Reis. Similarly, in 1929 the issue of
postage stamps celebrating the Millennium of Iceland's parliament, the Althing,
was compromised by the insertion of "1" on the print order, before
the authorized value of stamps to be produced
Russia
In Russia, authorities estimate
that 90% of products sold to people are counterfeit, while in China there are an estimated 3 to 5
million people working in the counterfeit industry.
Pakistan
In 2006, a Pakistani
government printing press in the city of Quetta was accused of churning out
large quantities of counterfeit Indian currency, The Times of India reported based on Central Bureau
of Intelligence investigation. The rupee notes are then smuggled into India
as 'part of Pakistan's agenda of destabilizing (the) Indian economy through
fake currency,' the daily said.
The notes are 'supplied
by the Pakistan government press (at Quetta) free of cost to Dubai-based counterfeiters who, in turn, smuggle it into
India using various means,' the report said. This money is allegedly
used to fund terrorist activities inside India. The recent blasts in Mumbai
were funded using fake currency printed in Pakistan. Anti-counterfeiting measures
Imagine there are
two forged UK pound coins. The left coin might show poor
surface clarity, irregular reeding and no side lettering. The right coin might demonstrate poor metal quality. Just an idea to clarify it.
Canada
Currency counterfeiting has never been an overwhelming problem in Canada. But consumers, businesses,
and the Bank of Canada got quite a jolt in 2001 with the discovery of a sophisticated
counterfeiting ring operating near Windsor, Ont. These
counterfeiters turned out mounds of $100 bills of such high quality that
millions of dollars in funny money made its way into general circulation before the ring was broken up. Many businesses quickly decided to refuse all
big bills.
It may seem like most
stores still won't accept your $50 and $100 dollar bills. But the Bank
of Canada says large bills aren't being turned away as often as they
used to be. Its latest retail survey shows that 97 per cent of retail outlets
will accept large bills. That's up from 94 per cent in 2002.
Businesses may be
more willing to accept the larger notes because more now have portable counterfeit
detection systems in place at their cash registers. Also, fewer counterfeits are being passed. The RCMP says 402,303 counterfeit notes were passed
in 2005, down from 553,000 in 2004. The Bank of Canada says that trend lower
is continuing in 2006. (To put this in perspective, there are about 1.35 billion
notes in circulation.)
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As more and more retailers
subject their higher denomination bills to closer scrutiny, the counterfeiters
have turned to the lower denominations. More than 85 per cent of the fake
bills passed in 2005 were 5s, 10s, and 20s. That's why you may have noticed
that some retailers now routinely check all bills. The better-quality counterfeits,
however, can still slip by some detection machines.
Financial institutions find
a lot of the fakes. But they report that counterfeit credit
cards are a much bigger problem for them than counterfeit currency.
In 2005, counterfeit cards
cost them $280 million — dwarfing the $9.3 million lost from phony money.
But the Canadian public
still thinks of counterfeiting as a big problem. A 2006 survey done for the Bank of Canada found that 35 per
cent of the people contacted believed they would receive a counterfeit bill in the next six months.
A 2004 survey found that 13 per cent of respondents said they had been offered
or had received a counterfeit note at some point in their lives. The
Bank of Canada says the chance of receiving a counterfeit bill is just 3/100ths of one
per cent — in other words, about one in every 3,350 dollar bills. But
even a few fakes can hurt confidence in the currency.
The Bank of Canada
credits its phased-in introduction of upgraded security features for part
of the drop in overall counterfeiting. Metallic holographic stripes, watermark portraits, color-shifting threads,
a see-through number, and enhanced fluorescence under ultraviolet lighting
are just some of the new features the central bank has added to try to foil
would-be forgers. But it's an ongoing battle as the currency printers
try to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated counterfeiters who take quick
advantage of every advance in copying, scanning and printing technology.
North Korea
The United States also is conducting a
strategic investigation of the trafficking and production of super
notes first discovered in 1989 and traced to North Korea. Certain
offices in that country know how to make counterfeit money. U.S.
law enforcement officials have determined that those highly deceptive
notes are produced and distributed with the full consent and control
of the North Korean government.

Counterfeit Korean Money
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Iran & Syria
Counterfeit US money isn't
just printed in the US. Iran and Syria are also believed
to be printing the US bill.
Abraham Lincoln is found on the front of the $5 bill.
On the back of the bill is the Lincoln Memorial.
Colombia
"In this age of high-tech
computers, digital scanners and commercial-quality film processors, Colombia's counterfeiters
still use old-fashioned mechanical methods to churn out their notes. Both
Fabio and his drug-trafficking colleague say they know of no one producing
counterfeit money
in Colombia with
technology more modern than offset machines.
The process is this: a counterfeiter first
creates actual-size photographic negatives of a note's front and back, and
then cleans up each negative with a jeweler's precision. The images on the
negatives are burned onto a series of photosensitized aluminum plates, with
each plate showing different details from the bill. Then the plates
are run through the offset printing press, so that one set of details is layered
on top of another. No matter how high-quality the paper is, the finished product
will amount to nothing if the photographic negative is shoddy.
Smaller operations generally contract out the making
of the negatives and plates. Today, Fabio says, a contracted set of negatives can cost anywhere
from $750 to $2,000, depending on quality and quantity, and the plates
cost another $500 to $1,500. Only the larger operations that control production
as well as distribution have the money for the equipment to make
negatives. The better the equipment, of course, the better the result. “-
The New York Times
Counterfeiting is a serious national
crime that has the potential to harm or destroy a business of any size.
Thanks to today's "High Tech", advances with computers, copiers
and printers can produce counterfeit money that
looks quite good. Even with these advances, you can learn how to better
protect yourself and your business from the dangers of counterfeit money.
Peru

Peru Counterfeit Money
Vietnam

Counterfeit Vietnam Money
For U.S. currency, anti-counterfeiting milestones are as follows:
1996
- 1996 $100 bill
gets a new design with a larger portrait
1997
- 1997 $50 bill copies
the design used above
1998

- 1998 $20 bill copies
the design used above
2000
- 2000 $10 bill and
$5 bill copies the design used above
2003
- 2003 $20 bill gets
a new design with no oval around Andrew Jackson's portrait and more colors
2004
2004 $50 bill copies the design used above
2006
- 2006 $10 bill copies
the design used above
The Treasury had made no plans to
redesign the $5 bill using colors, but recently reversed
its decision, after learning some counterfeiters were bleaching the ink off the
bills and printing them as $100 bills. It is not
known when the $100 bill will be redesigned in this format,
but the new $10 bill (the design of which was revealed
in late 2005) entered circulation in March 2, 2006. The $1 bill
and $2 bill are seen by most counterfeiters as having too low of a value to counterfeit, even by those who know how to make counterfeit money easily, and so they have
not been redesigned as frequently as higher denominations.
Anti-counterfeiting
Traditionally, anti-counterfeiting measures involved including fine detail with raised intaglio printing on dollar
bills which would allow non-experts to easily spot forgeries. On coins, milled
or reeded (marked with parallel grooves) edges are used to show that
none of the valuable metal has been scraped off. This detects the shaving
or clipping (paring off) of the rim of the coin. However, it does not detect sweating, or shaking coins in a bag and collecting the resulting
dust. Since this technique removes a smaller amount, it is primarily used
on the most valuable coins, such as gold. After all, there are detector
machines out there that will check for detection of fake coins and dollars.
In the late twentieth century advances
in computer and photocopy technology made it possible for people without sophisticated
training to easily copy currency. In response, national engraving bureaus
began to include new more sophisticated anti-counterfeiting systems such as holograms,
multi-colored dollar bills, embedded devices such as strips, micro
printing and inks whose colors changed depending on the angle of the
light, and the use of design features such as the "EURion constellation"
which disables modern photocopiers. Software programs such as Adobe
Photoshop have been modified by their manufacturers to obstruct manipulation
of scanned images of banknotes. There also exist patches to counteract these
measures.
How to Detect Counterfeit Money
Look at the money you receive. Compare
a suspect note with a genuine note of the
same denomination and series, paying attention to the quality of printing
and paper characteristics. Look for differences, not similarities.


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Portrait and Oval Background:
The portrait of a genuine bill is rendered in sharp
and clear lines. The oval background contains sharp vertical and horizontal
lines, forming small white squares. On a counterfeit bill the
portrait's lines often appear running together, and the background's
crossing lines, forming squares, are often filled in.
The genuine portrait appears
lifelike and stands out distinctly from the background. The counterfeit portrait
is usually lifeless and flat. Details merge into the background, which is
often too dark or mottled.
Federal Reserve and Treasury Seals
On a genuine bill, the saw-tooth points
of the Federal Reserve and Treasury seals are clear, distinct,
and sharp. The counterfeit seals
may have uneven, blunt, or broken saw-tooth points. This is a
common mistake of those who try to make counterfeit money.
The large capital letter which appears inside the Federal Reserve Seal, and as a prefix letter for serial
numbers, represents a letter symbol for one of the twelve Federal Reserve
Districts. The seal's letter symbol and serial numbers prefix letter
must correspond; otherwise assume the bill is a counterfeit.
The Treasury Seal is green on Federal Reserve Notes and
red on US Notes. Become especially familiar with the color of the Treasury
Seal and Serial Numbers, as they are often printed off-colors on counterfeit dollar bills.
Make a special effort to note the seal's saw teeth points on suspected
dollar bills. On counterfeit dollar bills,
they appear uneven, blunt and the tips are broken off.
Border
The fine lines in the border of a genuine bill
are clear and unbroken. On the counterfeit, the
lines in the outer margin and scrollwork may be blurred and indistinct.

Blurred and Indistinct

Indistinct Lines Fake
Serial Numbers Genuine
serial numbers have a distinctive
style and are evenly spaced. The serial numbers are printed in the same ink
color as the Treasury Seal. On a counterfeit,
the serial numbers may differ in color or shade of ink from the Treasury seal.
The numbers may not be uniformly spaced or aligned.
The serial numbers appear in the upper left and lower right
portion of the bill and are green on the Federal Reserve Notes and
Red on the US Notes. All serial numbers have eight numerals.
Make certain the serial numbers prefix letters and the Federal Reserve
letter correspond. If the serial numbers are printed in off colors or
appear ragged or uneven, assume the bill is counterfeit.
Paper Genuine
Currency paper has tiny red and blue fibers embedded
throughout. Often counterfeiters
try to simulate these fibers by printing tiny red and blue lines
on their paper. Even if they know how to make counterfeit money,
they can't be perfect. Close inspection reveals, however, that
on the counterfeit note
the lines are printed on the surface, not embedded in the paper.
It is illegal to reproduce the distinctive paper used in the manufacturing
of United States currency.
Blue Lines Mean
counterfeit

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One of the most important identifying features of genuine
currency is the paper. It contains tiny red and blue
fibers embedded on and between its main mass. Counterfeiters often attempt
to simulate these tiny fibers by imprinting red and blue lines
on their bogus dollar bills. If they know how to
make counterfeit money, they usually pay close attention to this.
On a genuine bill these fibers can be pulled off and or
out of the paper. You can try this by using the head of
a pin.
Check Letter (Quadrant Number)
The small check number letter appears in the upper
left and lower right corner. These letters indicate the position of
that note being printed on a full sheet. The
Quadrant Number appears in the upper left corner only, and should not
be confused with the Face Place Number. If the Check Letters
are missing, assume that the bill is counterfeit.
District Numbers (Federal Reserve Note)
There are 12 Federal Reserve Districts, and each district has a number and a letter symbol.
If the district number and the letter symbol in the seal do not correspond
presume the bill is a counterfeit. Become
Familiar with the following district numbers and letter symbols. You should know how to do this, even though there are detector
machines out there that will check for detection of fake coins and dollars.
1. Boston - A
2. New York - B
3. Philadelphia - C
4. Cleveland - D
5. Richmond - E
6. Atlanta - F
7. Chicago - G
8. St. Louis - H
9. Minneapolis - I
10. Kansas City - J
11. Dallas - K
12. San Francisco - L
Type of Note:
Federal Reserve Notes now being printed in $ 1, $2, $5,
$10, $20, $50, and $100 denominations represent the main US paper currency.
The $100.00 bill is now the highest denomination being printed.
Silver certificates in $1, $5, and $10 denominations are discontinued.
Security features:
The $5 bill
was the last in the current series of currency notes to get its security
upgrade. The new $5 note was released into general circulation on Nov. 15,
2006.
The enhanced security
features of the new $5 note build on earlier enhancements introduced in 2002.
The Bank of Canada web site has an interactive feature that allows users to
see how the new security features work in greater detail.
With the release
of the upgraded $5 note, all of the bills in the current Canadian Journey
series have received their security upgrades. Here's how the features look on some of the other notes:
Holographic stripe
1. When the bill is tilted, brightly colored numerals (100)
and maple leaves will "move" within the holographic stripe. There is a color-split
within each maple leaf.
Watermarked portrait
2. Watermarked portrait. Hold the note to a light and a small ghost-like image of the portrait appears to the left
of the large numeral (100).
Windowed Color-Shifting thread
3. Windowed color-shifting thread. Hold the note to the light and a continuous, solid line appears. From the back
of the note, the thread resembles a series of exposed metallic dashes that
shift from gold to green when the bill is tilted.
Color-shifting ink
·
Located in the bottom right corner on the face of the bill,
the number "20" is made of color-shifting
ink. A slight backward and forward shift of the bill changes
the number "20" from copper to green.
·
A faint and smaller version of Jackson's portrait
(as seen on the face of the bill) is "hidden" within the
paper itself. If you hold the bill up to a light, this watermark
is immediately evident from either side of the bill.

How did Nelson get around these
features?
See-through number
4. See-through number. Hold the note to the light and the irregular marks on the
front and back will form a perfectly aligned number 100.
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Plastic Security strip
·
Embedded in the paper, a plastic security strip runs vertically up one side
of the note. If President Andrew Jackson is facing you, then the plastic strip
is on the left side. Upon close inspection of this security strip, you can
see the words "USA TWENTY" and a small flag repeated along the thread.
This should be visible on both sides of the bill.
Ways to protect yourself
UV Lights


Magnifying glass
There are several ways to protect you from taking any counterfeit money.
The cheapest is a magnifying glass. You will be able to see the words microscopically
written on the bill. Copiers and printers aren't able to pick up and
print such fine details.
Pen
There is now a "pen" on the market that can determine if a
bill is real or not based on the contents of the paper. Genuine money
is printed on paper made of cotton and linen. You use the pen to put
a mark on the bill. If a black mark is left then the bill is
a fake. If the bill is real, a yellow mark appears. The yellow
mark disappears after a couple of hours. The pens cost anywhere from
$4 to $10.

Machines
Another alternative is a machine that you run the dollar
bills through. If the bill is fake an alarm is sounded and
a light flashes. These machines are fairly expensive, ranging
anywhere from $80 to thousands of dollars. Here is a good
example of detector machines that will check for detection of
fake coins and dollars.


Credit Card Authenticator

Handling Counterfeit money
If someone hands you a counterfeit bill there are a few steps that
you should take:
1. Do not give the
bill back to the person who gave it to you.
2. Get a good description
of the passer and try to stall them if possible.
3. Call the local
police department or the United States Secret Service.
4. Write your initials
and the date on a blank portion of the bill so it doesn't get mixed
up with other dollar bills.
5. Handle the bill
as little as possible to avoid getting your fingerprints on it.
6. Don't give the
bill to anyone except police or the Secret Service.
Don't try to apprehend
the passer, or you could be attending your own funeral.

The Paper Makes
a Difference

People know what money feels like. People, who handle money
constantly, like bank tellers,
cashiers and wait staff, can feel a counterfeit bill
instantly if the paper is wrong.
As soon as the person touches
the counterfeit money,
however, it will be obvious that something is wrong. That's because of the
paper.
The feel of money
That "feel of money"
comes from at least three different things that make the paper in paper
dollar bills unique:
·
Normal paper that you use on a day-to-day basis (newspaper, notebook
paper, paper in books, etc.) is made from the cellulose found
in trees. Paper used for money, on the other hand, is made from
cotton and linen fibers. This kind of paper is known as rag paper.
Those who understand how to make counterfeit money know this.
One
big advantage of using rag paper is the fact that it does not disintegrate
if you accidentally run paper money through a washing machine.
·
The paper used for money is thin compared to normal paper.
·
The paper used for money is squeezed with thousands of pounds
of pressure during the printing process. This makes it even thinner
and gives newly made dollar bills a special crispness.
The
other special thing about the rag paper used in real money
is that there
are tiny blue and red fibers
mixed into the paper when it is made. These
fibers are easy to find in real money, but they are so
fine that they do not reproduce very well in the counterfeit money
from your inkjet printer.
Getting Around Security Features
The
newest $20 bills
printed by the Treasury contain three special security features
that are impossible to fake with an inkjet printer.
Detecting Counterfeit
Money

A more important problem, however,
is that some of the inks used by the government are magnetic. Vending machines,
for one, are sensitive to these magnetic inks and use them to detect
counterfeits. The
treasury is also scanning dollar bills regularly to detect counterfeits. According
to an article
from Wired Magazine, entitled "Junior Mints":
"Of
the 24.5 billion [bills] scanned and sorted last year, half
were $1 bills. They last 18 months in circulation and may be
scanned four or five times a year. A $100 bill may be scanned every
four years or so; people hold on to them far longer, on average.
Details about how, exactly,
these super scanners distinguish good dollar bills from bad are closely
guarded. Vending machines, for example, might compare the size of margins
on the front and back (looking for telltale out-of-register printing), or
scan the portrait, or sense the location of magnetic ink that the bureau uses
only in certain parts of the bill. "These machines are
much better than that," says Rosanna Pianalto, a policy analyst at Fed
headquarters in Washington, D.C. Each
machine has 30 kinds of sensors, and some no doubt pick up covert security
features."
As the counterfeit dollar
bills get used in vending machines and rejected, or as they make
their way into banks, where human tellers can feel the difference,
or when they get into the hands of an attentive convenience store worker who
rejects them, or when they make their way back to the scanning machines
at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, they are detected. Once
they are detected, that alerts authorities to a counterfeiting problem
in a certain area of the country. Heightened vigilance, along with news stories
and public service announcements, helps to make detection easier.
And eventually the counterfeiter
gets caught.
With teenagers who are casually
counterfeiting, capture
is often instantaneous. Teenagers usually make very stupid mistakes
when they create counterfeit dollar
bills:
·
The colors are off
·
The paper is wrong
·
They print on only one side
·
They give the money to classmates who report the crime
Therefore, punishment is swift
and sure.
Crime and Punishment

Counterfeiting is, of course,
a crime, and for a long time many countries punished it with death. If, after
a counterfeit note is passed
the first time, it remains undetected, it becomes a part of the monetary
system. At a time of full employment of resources it acts as a tax on the
general public in favor of the counterfeiter. It raises prices
by the percentage that the value of the counterfeit note bears to the total stock of money
in the economy. So, there are detector machines out there that will
check for detection of fake coins and dollars.
If numbers of resources are unemployed, counterfeit notes have the
effect of stimulating spending and, ultimately, reducing unemployment.
Thus, at a time of less than full employment, the counterfeiter might be considered
a public benefactor. Of course, counterfeit notes have never entered the monetary
system in sufficient volume to make these general effects operable.
Counterfeiting is
not a minor offense. It is not like running a red light, or even
shoplifting. These crimes are misdemeanors handled at the
local level by local police and courts. Counterfeiting, on
the other hand, is a federal felony handled by the U.S.
Secret Service. Those people who know how to make counterfeit
money are on thin ice.

FBI

In fact, the entire reason the Secret Service was originally created was
to handle counterfeiters. Only later did it take on the role of additionally
protecting the president and other key government officials.
The reason why counterfeiting is
treated as such a serious crime is because money is so important to
our society. Money is the oxygen of the economy. If people cannot
trust that the money they carry is authentic, then it gets much harder
to buy things and the economy slows down.
When you get caught counterfeiting --
and if you are counterfeiting you
will get caught eventually -- the
punishment can be unbelievably harsh. According
to this article
from Wired Magazine, entitled "Junior Mints":
"Under
federal statute 18 USC section 471, if you're found
guilty of making copies "in the likeness and similitude of US
currency ... unless they are much larger or much smaller than US currency"
(a minimum of 50 percent larger or 25 percent smaller) or unless they are
"rendered in black and white," you face up to 15 years in the slammer."

If up
to 15 years in prison is not enough to deter you, there are additional penalties
as well. Authorities will also seize any property used to create or pass the
dollar bills. That means your computer; printer and scanner will be
confiscated. You will also have to pay restitution and probably a number of
fines, too.
In other words, the picture
is pretty clear. When you create counterfeit dollar
bills, you will get caught. There are a ton of people out there looking
for fake dollar bills because they don't want to get ripped
off. When you get caught, the penalties will be severe, and it's likely
you will end up spending some time in jail. You will have a federal
felony arrest on your record, making it very hard to get a job.

In other words, you can't get
something for nothing, at least not if you are trying to do it by counterfeiting. Although
it is easy to print your own money, it never works when you try spending
it.
Protecting yourself
whether you are a normal person taking your change at a store, or you are
merchant accepting cash in your business, you need to be aware of the counterfeiting problem.
As you have seen, it is easy for teenagers to print counterfeit dollar
bills, and there are more sophisticated
counterfeiters who are actually bleaching out authentic dollar
bills and printing fake dollar bills onto the bleached paper.
Several Steps for protection
Here are several steps you can
take to protect yourself:
·
Be suspicious; take time to look at and feel the money you
receive.
·
Check for obvious things like
duplicate serial numbers. If possible, us detector machines that will check for detection of fake coins and dollars.
·
Be especially suspicious of older dollar bills (those bearing
old pre-1996 designs) and dollar bills of larger denominations.
·
Simply refuse to accept older dollar bills. Nearly all the
pre-1996 money that is actually legitimate has been taken out of circulation
and destroyed already.
·
Look at dollar bills in the light. The color-shift ink is
very hard to fake. The security stripe and watermark are impossible
to duplicate with an inkjet printer.
·
If you believe you are receiving a counterfeit bill,
call the police.
A lot
of work has gone into creating dollar bills that are hard to counterfeit. If
you use the new security features, it is very easy to detect counterfeit dollar
bills.
For more information about counterfeiting and
related topics, check out the links on the following page.
http://science. howstuffworks.
com/counterfeit4. htm
What about Counterfeit Coins?

Genuine coins are
struck (stamped out) by special machinery. Most counterfeit coins are made by pouring liquid metal into molds
or dies. This procedure often leaves die marks, such as cracks or pimples
of metal on the counterfeit coin.
Today counterfeit coins are made primarily to simulate rare coins which are of value to collectors. Sometimes
this is done by altering genuine coins to
increase their numismatic value. The most common changes are the removal,
addition, or alteration of the coin's date
or mint marks.
If you suspect you are in possession of a counterfeit or
altered coin, compare
it with a genuine one of the same value.
If it
is above five cents in value, it
should have corrugated outer edges, referred to as “reeding.” Reeding on genuine
coins is even and distinct. The counterfeit coin's reeding may be uneven, crooked, or missing
altogether.
http://www. factmonster. com/ipka/A0854788 .html
Classifications of Counterfeit money
To counterfeit means to imitate with intent to defraud.
Most counterfeit paper money
can be classified in one of three categories: notes that imitate legitimate
notes; alterations of legitimate notes, including notes raised from a lower
to a higher denomination; and spurious notes—that is, notes representing obligations
of fictional institutions.
Counterfeit notes of the period
prior to the CIVIL WAR had to be distinguished not only from ordinary legal tender, but also from
legitimate paper money circulating at a discount because it represented
obligations of broken or failed banks. (Such notes were legal and worth whatever
fraction of their face value the liquidated assets of the bank would permit.)
The circulation of both counterfeit notes and valid, but discounted, notes
of commercial banks gave rise to the publication of pamphlets
known as Bank Note Reporters and Counterfeit Detectors, published at any
interval from semi weekly to annually by money brokers
in centers of financial activity.
The
counter-counterfeiters
deal with those who know how to make counterfeit money.
These pamphlets gave up-to-date information on the validity
and value of notes currently in use, and were used by any one who dealt in
large amounts of no local currency. After the effective end of state
bank-note issues in 1867, the Bank Note Reporters became unnecessary
because all bank-note and government-issued currency thenceforth circulated
at par.
Counterfeiting in the twenty-first
century is a minor part of total crime. The techniques, skills, and machinery required
for effective counterfeiting
are very costly and pay off well enough when used in legitimate enterprise
with much less risk.
Money Art

A subject related to that of counterfeiting is that of money art, which art that incorporates currency designs
or themes is. Some of these works of art are similar enough to actual dollar
bills that their legality is in question. While a counterfeit is made with deceptive intent, money art is not - however, the law may
or may not differentiate between the two. See JSG Boggs, the American artist
best known for his hand-drawn, one-sided copies of US banknotes which he spends
for the face value of the note.
http://en. wikipedia.
org/wiki/ Counterfeit_money
BEWARE OF "RAISED" COUNTERFEIT BILLS....
A common form of counterfeiting is
what is called "Raising a Note" - that is placing corners of a higher
denomination bill over the corners of a lower denomination bill.
I have actually asked for change with this bill and received $20.00.
Be sure to check the portraits and make sure the President's
portrait corresponds to the correct dollar denomination.
http ://www .lodi .gov/police/CrimePrevention/counterfeit_money. htm
CURRENCY OF TRUST
Washington -- Counterfeiting of
U.S. currency remains low, and the U.S. dollar continues to
be viewed as a highly reliable legal tender, according to a report published
jointly by the U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
U.S. Secret Service and the Department of the Treasury.
“People all over the world look to American currency
for safety and security,” U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral
said in a press release that accompanied the report issued in late October.
“I am pleased to learn that while counterfeiters may try to undermine the integrity
of our money, American vigilance has upheld its reliability.”
The study attributes the success to intensive
data gathering and law enforcement, regular redesigning of American banknotes
and worldwide educational programs. As a result, only about one in 10,000
bills are counterfeited,
the study says. It is a good thing that there are detector machines
out there that will check for detection of fake coins and
dollars.
Of the $760 billion in circulation
as of December 2005, some $450 billion, or approximately 60 percent,
was held abroad. International demand for U.S. currency and its near-universal
acceptance as a form of payment is a direct result of its reliability and
stability, the report points out. "U.S. dollars (USD) are often found in countries with volatile political and
economic conditions," says the report, and usually remain in circulation
long after the conditions become more settled.
Foreign-held dollars are
used mostly to preserve value -- to hedge assets against inflation of local
currencies. They are also a popular means of exchange in cross-border
trade when credit markets and financial institutions are underdeveloped or
unreliable, and in informal, or “gray,” sectors of economy. Due to their easy
convertibility, they also are a currency of choice for international
travelers.
Unfortunately, the same factors that make
U.S. currency so popular also make it a prime counterfeiting target. Counterfeit dollar notes
are easy to move around and “pass” into circulation in all parts of the world,
and their manufacture presents a lucrative and often low-risk source of illegal
profit, the report says. In some countries, there are few or no legal procedures
in place to help detect and investigate counterfeiting schemes.
COUNTERFEITING HOT SPOTS
The report says that despite the growing
availability of counterfeiting technologies, a relatively small amount of counterfeit currency (about $61 million) was passed on to the public
worldwide in 2005. According to the study, the Latin America region and the region on Russia’s southern border, as well as the countries of
Colombia and
North
Korea, deserve
special mention as sources of counterfeit U.S. currency.

Counterfeit Bust
In the last four years, Colombia topped the list of countries where the largest amounts of counterfeit U.S.
notes were seized. The study says that in Colombia, as in some
other Latin American countries, criminal networks developed to
manufacture and distribute narcotics also are ideally suited to
deal in counterfeit currency. There are quite a few
people there who know how to make counterfeit money.

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