hosted.ap.org — It combines micro-printing with tiny lenses - 650,000 for a single $100 bill. The lenses magnify the micro-printing in a truly remarkable way. Move the bill side to side and the image appears to move up and down. Move the bill up and down and the image appears to move from side to side.
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rompom7Aug 27, 2007
Actually, catalysis, polymer notes offer lots of security features that paper cannot.- Clear window areas- Shadowed areas that can only be seen when light passes through (so a traditional scanner/copier cannot work)- See through registration device. eg, 4 diamonds on one side, and 3 diamonds on the other connect perfectly when held up to light, this is a simple way to detect counterfeit notes.- A special polymer is used that is hard to replicate, so counterfeit notes feel thicker or thinner and have a different texture than standard notes. Also counterfeit notes can usually be torn much more easily than legit notes.Nothing to do with polymer vs paper, but in the US I hear some/all bills are the same size. I've read that if you soak the bill in acetate, you can reprint them (obviously with a higher denomination) with a high quality printer with ease. In Australia all notes are different in size (note by much, but it would be noticeable if you stacked a bunch of legit notes with counterfeit)
nogamiAug 27, 2007
Yup. Needs more colour that isn't "green, yellow, or black".
samuraighostAug 27, 2007
Yes, I thought of that. If it is so rare however people may forget what they were like...and without difficult to reproduce security measures, who is to say near exact replicas can't be made?
PaulTheBookGuyAug 27, 2007
He's right though. The US government prints much more money than it holds in gold reserves, etc. The latest batch was I believe 39 billion in funds with no back up. Hope it doesnt come back to bite you in the ass one day.It's what you get for letting a monkey and a vampire run your country.
PaulTheBookGuyAug 27, 2007
They will phase out the old bills over a few years, as the banks recieve the old bills they are taken out of circulation, of course they wont replace all 700 some odd billion right away...And the old ones will eventually get put on pallets to Iraq and lost like the last 16 skids worth were.Its amusing watching a country run by a dumb monkey and an evil vampire. Better than any sitcom.
dyckdownunderAug 28, 2007
Why don't you just switch to plastic bills like here in Australia? Seems simple enough
reflection717Oct 27, 2007
yes but I've seen that counterfeited as well.
gregdrewDec 5, 2009
Feds can counterfeit money, why can't I?