This is a fake $20.00 bill Brendan got at work. It feels like real money and certainly looks like it too. Although I didn't have a real bill to compare it, to see and feel it you would swear it was genuine. If you notice the front of it, someone marked it with one of those pens and if it comes up black then the bill is real, but if it is yellow, then it is bogus.
Just by looking and feeling you wouldn't know this was counterfeit. Perhaps a little too yellow on reverse, but to the casual consumer, this would pass for real. The feel is just the same as ordinary bills. Remarkable job, and today's quiz:
"What percentage of currency is counterfeit?"
Answer:
The U.S. government estimates that less than 1/100 of 1 percent of U.S. paper currency in circulation is counterfeit. Considering recent advances in printing technology and the obviously vast incentive to counterfeit bills, that's a pretty small number. In part, that's because the U.S. Secret Service thoroughly investigates all reported counterfeiting cases, and because there are harsh criminal penalties for counterfeiting or passing fake bills. Perhaps more than anything, though, counterfeiting is difficult because of the bills' security features, which are hard to reproduce but easy to use to verify your money's authenticity.
The U.S. government estimates that less than 1/100 of 1 percent of U.S. paper currency in circulation is counterfeit. Considering recent advances in printing technology and the obviously vast incentive to counterfeit bills, that's a pretty small number. In part, that's because the U.S. Secret Service thoroughly investigates all reported counterfeiting cases, and because there are harsh criminal penalties for counterfeiting or passing fake bills. Perhaps more than anything, though, counterfeiting is difficult because of the bills' security features, which are hard to reproduce but easy to use to verify your money's authenticity.
Real bill.
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