Counterfeit Currency

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-12-2017, 03:08 AM

Does anyone here have any experience with counterfeit currency?

Read an article about a man who printed $250 MILLION in counterfeit U.S. currency.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/h...t-away-with-it

Dude got caught, but still has $50 MILLION of it stashed away.

**Frownland** · 06-12-2017, 10:04 AM

I once turned out to have a fake 20 when the cashier checked it. He didnt give a **** and took it anyways. Support your local liquor stores. **** Bevmo.

Trollheart · 06-12-2017, 07:12 PM

**Exo** · 06-12-2017, 07:27 PM

Friend in high school had a very good printer and was able to print off about $5,000 in 20's. He got caught because he had a big mouth and one of the kids he told ratted on him for revenge over some BS. He got like 10 years probation.

Trollheart · 06-12-2017, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Friend in high school had a very good printer and was able to print off about $5,000 in 20's. He got caught because he had a big mouth and one of the kids he told ratted on him for revenge over some BS. He got like 10 years probation.

That does seem a lot. Then again, back around the Civil War couldn't you be actually executed for counterfeiting money?

**Frownland** · 06-12-2017, 07:50 PM

I don't think Exo remembers.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-13-2017, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exo

Friend in high school had a very good printer and was able to print off about $5,000 in 20's. He got caught because he had a big mouth and one of the kids he told ratted on him for revenge over some BS. He got like 10 years probation.

You'd be surprised how easy it is to find scans of bills online [if one were so inclined]. I would think that it would be the paper that would be the hardest to get right.

Stephen · 06-13-2017, 05:08 AM

Australian notes would be more of a challenge on polymer with holographic inlays.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-13-2017, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Australian notes would be more of a challenge on polymer with holographic inlays.

In the U.S., older bills lack security features. I'm guessing the same is true with other nations' currencies.

Stephen · 06-13-2017, 07:34 AM

We don't have older bills.

06-12-2017, 03:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Counterfeit Currency Does anyone here have any experience with counterfeit currency? Read an article about a man who printed *$250 MILLION* in counterfeit U.S. currency. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/h...t-away-with-it Dude got caught, but still has *$50 MILLION* of it stashed away.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I once turned out to have a fake 20 when the cashier checked it. He didnt give a ** and took it anyways. Support your local liquor stores. ** Bevmo. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Friend in high school had a very good printer and was able to print off about $5,000 in 20's. He got caught because he had a big mouth and one of the kids he told ratted on him for revenge over some BS. He got like 10 years probation. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I don't think Exo remembers. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-13-2017, 05:08 AM	#8 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Australian notes would be more of a challenge on polymer with holographic inlays.

06-13-2017, 07:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	We don't have older bills.