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- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -9/+595If the picture in the submission is anything to go by, it shouldn't be too hard to spot these counterfeits: They're the bills in your wallet that measure 4x3 metres.
- PSWTyrant, on 01/14/2008, -74/+298Sure, blame it on overseas counterfeiters. Our own government prints them night and day with no basis, undermining the value of our money. Look at our currency relative to the other major currencies over the last 5-6 years. North Korea ( or insert any other bad guy here) didn't do that, our government did. Wake up people!
- dvsbastard, on 01/14/2008, -10/+125I have never understood why the US still uses an old paper note system which is comparatively easy to counterfeit... Do what Australia did and switch to a note system so intricate that it is actually difficult to create a decent copy.
http://www.rba.gov.au/CurrencyNotes/SecurityFeatur ... - gypsie, on 01/14/2008, -35/+129Biggest counterfeiter of US currency is US government. Dollar lost 50 percent of it's value since 1989 by ever more borrowing/spending of federal government. $50 million in counterfeit 100 dollar bills is nothing compared to that.
- docbaily, on 01/14/2008, -0/+84"The only way to distinguish some of these bills, experts say, is to compare photographically blown-up sections with magnifying instruments."
So wait, why couldn't they do this on a computer? - dvsbastard, on 01/14/2008, -0/+74Whoops... I poorly counterfeited that link. Try this instead:
http://www.rba.gov.au/CurrencyNotes/SecurityFeatur ... - georgetds, on 01/14/2008, -1/+68Ah, imagine pulling that from a wad of cash, unfolding it, draping it over the counter and telling the clerk "keep the change".
- cyberdork, on 01/14/2008, -0/+62This story is based on an article which appeared in the German "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" newspaper about one year ago. The summary can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/22s27q
The whole story is quite intriguing, because much evidence seems to point away from North Korea.
- The Swiss manufacturer of the security ink could easily check if their ink is used, but they decline to comment. Why?
- Until now only $50million have been found in supernotes. However a new 'Intaglio' printing press would be much more expensive!
- North Korea never managed to pay off their own old printing press, as a result the German manufacturer stopped it's service contract and the press is out of order. Therefore NK has their own currency printed in China.
- Only a small number of those presses exist and they are all registered with Interpol. The only press of which it is not clear what it is used for belongs to the CIA, this seems to be well known in the high security printing industry. - vuke69, on 01/14/2008, -23/+85"4x3 metres"
See, even more evidence it is the North Koreans... only commies would use metric. - robbh66, on 01/14/2008, -8/+65Sure, blame it on the US Government. I have reliable sources, which of course I can't post here, that say all the evidence points to this guy named PSWTyrant who makes all the illegal counterfeit bills.
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -16/+68the plot thickens!
- virtualball, on 01/14/2008, -1/+44Hey man, don't joke about that! According to the Patriot Act, PSWTyrant can be arrested and raped because of your accusation :P
- Andareed, on 01/14/2008, -4/+44Canadian money also seems a lot more secure than US money. I would also find it annoying having all denominations the same colour.
- Andareed, on 01/14/2008, -2/+40I think you might have missed the sarcasm. One can never on the internet, though.
- ledguitar, on 01/14/2008, -8/+45Wow... it's a good thing the highest bill I've ever owned is a $20.
- jeffkelsey, on 01/14/2008, -0/+37I was thinking the same thing. This idea of blowing things up and a bunch of guys standing on it using magnifying glasses seems like something holywood would come up with...something is fishy here
- vuke69, on 01/14/2008, -1/+31See, the one time I think something is obvious sarcasm, and don't mark it as such, some idiot totally misses it... And then tries to call me out, like he's teaching me something.
- bxblox, on 01/14/2008, -3/+33stop telling me to wake up
- BillDoE, on 01/14/2008, -8/+38Well from the article it sounds like the CIA may have printed the money. This sounds like a good scare tactic to convince people that we need electronically fingerprinted , traceable money. RFID anyone?
- ats314, on 01/14/2008, -4/+33Klaus Bender, the author of Moneymakers: The Secret World of Banknote Printing, said the phony $100 bill is “not a fake anymore. It’s an illegal parallel print of a genuine note.” He claims that the supernotes are of such high quality and are updated so frequently that they could be produced only by a U.S. government agency such as the CIA.
As unsubstantiated as the allegation is, there is a precedent. An expert on the CIA, journalist Tim Weiner, has written how the agency tried to undermine the Soviet Union’s economy by counterfeiting its currency.
(Taken from article) - inactive, on 01/14/2008, -26/+54This is really no different than the fed printing money and "injecting" it into certain markets. I mean both the fed and the people printing this money are criminal.
- digichris, on 01/14/2008, -0/+27So on NK bills does it say "Made in China."?
- davotoula, on 01/14/2008, -8/+35Isn't it obvious that that bill is fake? LOOK AT TEH SIZE OF IT!!111!1
- floridiot2, on 01/14/2008, -4/+31No, there are 3 countries that do not use the metric system, learn some facts about the outside world.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17 ... - goldsaturn, on 01/14/2008, -1/+28Wait, I learned how to identify these from Rush Hour. If you set them on fire, they burn red!
- codyman, on 01/14/2008, -1/+27Bah, who uses paper "money"... haven't you all switched to intergalactic credits by now?
- dudefather, on 01/14/2008, -1/+27"a hundred dollars copied, is a hundred dollars earned"
- tyywebb, on 01/14/2008, -0/+25It's a good thing they have those magnifying glasses, too. Otherwise they were going to have to blow it up to cover a city block.
- Shogi, on 01/14/2008, -3/+27Wouldn't mind finding a few of those.....
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -12/+36http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit
learn what it means, the government printing it's own money is not counterfeit - nreynolds, on 01/14/2008, -0/+24those are rare.
- chembro84, on 01/14/2008, -2/+24How could you possibly have missed that sarcasm?
- joebus, on 01/14/2008, -0/+22And just because the bill gets redesigned doesn't mean that the old bills go away magically.
- Murdats, on 01/14/2008, -0/+21wtf is your problem?
you are seeing ron paul everywhere.
you sound awfully obsessed. - hottyson, on 01/14/2008, -0/+21I agree.
It is because of the North Koreans.
Not because they are counterfeiters but because I like to blame Koreans.
One of my best friends is Korean.
At a party I farted and my friends smelled it but I blamed it on him.
Why?
Because he is Korean. - nullx42, on 01/14/2008, -2/+23digg users; we get our news from movies like rush hour 2.
- digichris, on 01/14/2008, -0/+20not rape, "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"
- bitcloud, on 01/14/2008, -3/+22indeed.... So someone has been printing money?!
I mean someone other than the banking corporations and privately owned federal reserve... I'm outraged all of a sudden... - PhilLesh69, on 01/14/2008, -3/+20You people must not have watched History Channel 7 years ago. North Korea has the same swiss made printers, and the same inks from the secure, undicsclosed source and the same cotton rags used to produce the paper.
It should be no mystery. North Korea produces counterfeit American bills that even the Secret Service has a very hard time differentiating. - SuchADigger, on 01/14/2008, -3/+20So imagine you are a government agency that wants to carry out some black operations. You could go to Congress to try to get the funding (possibly exposing your operation to government scrutiny, or having your request denied), or you could simply print your own. In the process, you make the counterfeit bills look slightly differently, so that they can be identified. Then, after you spend the bills you can look for them and seize them again. Thereby carrying out your operations without having to actually pay for them.
If it hasn't been done already, it sounds like a great idea for a book or movie. - SkullWolf, on 01/14/2008, -2/+19Pffft... everyone knows that they're Goat Bills, printed in the Duchy of Cagliostro. Only Lupin III can stop them.
- theducks, on 01/14/2008, -1/+18Australia's polymer notes have been counterfeited with a reasonable degree of success. I'm a banknote collector and used to work in the cash office of a large supermarket chain, so you could say I know our money very well. The counterfeit notes were easy enough for me to spot due to the wrong spacing being used to print serial numbers, and the lack of embossing on a clear window, but aside from that, they were very good. However, they weren't very durable, and were easy to tear. Again, they used $100's, since the ROI is better, but the notes are uncommon so people spending them will be remembered well.
- PHiZ187, on 01/14/2008, -34/+51Paultards are such one-trick ponies. We get it already, you guys don't believe in non-backed currency. I wish you guys would try to thread this into a cohesive world-view or economic policy.
- johnpaul191, on 01/14/2008, -2/+18The US sticks with the mostly green bills going through subtle changes because it implies stability. seriously. that and tradition are the only reason the US has not switched over to something like the more modern plastic based bills.
- spudnic, on 01/14/2008, -1/+16"...an average of $2.8 million per year and not even enough to pay for the sophisticated equipment and supplies needed to make them."
Baffled me a bit, lazy journalist made that calculation assuming every single one has been seized.
There could easily be several hundred million more dollars worth out there. - tjobe, on 01/14/2008, -0/+15Good catch. It's the details that trip up counterfeiters.
- sockpuppets, on 01/14/2008, -5/+20The game is afoot!
- billbillbilly, on 01/14/2008, -0/+15only raped with a metal "tool" none of that gay stuff..
- mr5150, on 01/14/2008, -3/+18The FED injects 38 Billion into the economy out of thin air to stabilize the stock market for 1 day and you worry over 50 Million over 30 years....shishhh like it really matters.
- buckrogers1965, on 01/14/2008, -3/+17Isn't it tough to counterfeit gold? Alchemists have tried for hundreds of years.
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