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Step 1
When you get a $10.00 bill in your hand and it feels like paper without any roughness and you think it may be counterfeit, try looking at the back and see if it is almost too green. Compare it if you can to another bill. Unfortunately, the older bills are the ones that are being duplicated. One of the reasons the older $10.00 bill works for counterfeiting is because there are not many of the real ones floating around making it more difficult to tell the difference.
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Step 2
If you can, purchase a counterfeit pen detector. The cost is normally under $5.00 and can be found in convenience stores. Simply strike the bill with the tip. If the bill turns black in the area you marked the bill, it is a fake. Which brings me to the main point and tip of this article.
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Step 3
Next time you get an older $10.00 and you suspect that the feel and look of it is one that maybe counterfeit, look closely at it and see if you see any small black dashes that look as if someone marked it with a black magic marker. This is the sign, especially if you find more than one that someone used a counterfeit pen detector on it and it registered as a fake. Oh and yes the bill in the video is indeed a counterfeit bill.
Comments
MIghtyDreamer said
on 3/22/2009 Completely understood. There are however some NEW bills like the one in this article which is what the article is talking about generally the Newer bills... the crinkly and bright LOOK almost NEW bills that can be detected from some of the tips supplied in this article. I have had to deal with the texture, look, feel, runny dye of many of bills and I can attest, there are ways to catch with a pen or not some of these bills. Thanks for you advice on the OLDER bills that in many cases look already like rags. :)
anelle82 said
on 3/21/2009 half got cut off. Passing a known counterfeit bill is a federal offense. If you find yourself in possession of a fake bill or receive one from someone else, report it to your nearest Secret Service office. Do not relinquish or return the bill to anyone other than a Secret Service agent or law enforcement official, especially if you are a merchant. If you innocently receive fake money, law enforcement is often very understanding, but they will not reimburse your loss. http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Counterfeit-US-Money
anelle82 said
on 3/21/2009 Another related note as I've experienced this problem too:The Secret Service and U.S. Treasury don't recommend relying solely on a "counterfeit-detection pen" of the kind you often see clerks use in stores. These pens can only indicate whether the a note is printed on the wrong kind of paper (they simply react to the presence of starch). As such, they'll catch some counterfeits, but they won't detect more sophisticated fakes and will give false-negatives on real money that's been through the wash. Passing a known counterfeit bill is a federal offense. If you find yourself in possession of a fake bill or receive one from someone else, report it to your nearest Secret Service office. Do not relinquish or return the bill to anyone other than a Secret Service agent or law enforcement official, especially if you are a merchant. If you innocently receive fake money, law enforcement is oft
anelle82 said
on 3/21/2009 This is not always the case so DON'T THROW OUT YOUR BILLS YET!I dealt with a 1050 $10 bill recently and the problems of a counterfeiting pen not working on it. I went through and checked it in every possible way before contacting US secret service and such (they deal with such issues). The bill is genuine. It's just old. And in my case, dirty. Think about it. The composition of the paper made in the 1950's just MIGHT have been different enough than that of today to not work with the pens. Here are two cases where people got caught in a similar situation and had the charges lifted later. If you don't like the money, you don't have to accept it, but realize there's more ways than just a pen to tell you if it's real or not.http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n48a23.htmlhttp://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v09n11a36.html
ebnickiea said
on 9/12/2008 I wish I had read this sooner-years ago I was given a countrfeit bill. thanks