Learn how to detect fake dollars

Although UV counterfeit detection lamps and counterfeit money pens are useful tools, there are numerous additional techniques for determining whether a banknote is genuine or counterfeit.

Intentional banknote security features, such as ink, watermarks and text, help identify genuine money.

Retail employees cánido disminuye the likelihood of a business losing thousands of dollars by learning to recognize a counterfeit $100 bill.

Knowledgeable staff cánido help prevent losses due to counterfeiting.

Here are several techniques to determine if your dollars are genuine or counterfeit:

1.
Color Changing Ink

Checking for color-shifting ink on the bill’s denomination, in the bottom right corner, is one of the first ways to determine if a bill is authentic.

Since 1996, all bills of $5 or more have included this security feature.

The numeral in the lower right corner of a new series banknote (apart from the new $5 bill) will change from green to black or gold to green if you tilt the money from one side to the other.

2.

Watermark

Many of the new bills have watermarks that are exact copies of the front of the bill.

On other banknotes it only appears as an oval spot.

When examining the watermark on a banknote, the following points should be kept in mind:

The watermark should be on the right side of the bill and should only be aparente when holding the bill up to the light.
If there is a face in the watermark, it must match that face exactly.
The face would not match the watermark if counterfeiters whitewashed lower denomination aprecies and then reprinted them with higher denominations.
The bill is most likely counterfeit if it has a watermark on it or if it has one that perro be seen without holding it up to light.

3.
Blurred text, printing or borders

If the edges, lettering or text on the banknote is blurred, it is a sure sign that it is a counterfeit.

The die-cut printing plates used to make authentic banknotes genera incredibly fenezca lines, which gives them their highly detailed appearance.

Counterfeit printers cannot normally genera prints with the same level of detail.

Check the ticket carefully for any blurred areas, paying especial attention to the boundaries.

Genuine banknotes also include microprints, that is, writings placed discreetly and neatly.

Even with a magnifying glass, if the microprint cannot be read, it is probably a fake.

4.
Embossed printing

Embossed printing, difficult to reproduce by counterfeiters, is present on all genuine banknotes.

You perro check if a banknote has raised printing by carefully running your fingernail along the banknote.

The ridges of the raised print should make the nail tremble.

You should check the bill more thoroughly if you perro’t feel this roughness.

5.
Micro-printed security thread

The security thread is a thin embedded band that crosses the face of the banknote from top to bottom.

The security band is located immediately to the right of the portrait on the $10 and $50 bills and just to the left of the portrait on the $5, $20, and $100 bills.

As an added degree of security, genuine banknotes feature microprints on the security thread.

The phrases that appear microprinted on authentic banknotes are listed below:

The words “USA FIVE” appear on the $5 bills, “USA TEN” on the $10 bills, “USA TWENTY” on the $20 bills, “USA 50” and “USA 100” on the 100 bills $.

6.
The UV Glow

Ultraviolet light is used in counterfeit bill detection techniques and technology because it is a clear indicator of whether money is counterfeit.

Under ultraviolet light, the security thread of the authentic coin glows with the following hues:

Bills light up in different colors: $5 glows blue, $10 orange, $20 green, $50 yellow, and $100 red/pink.

7.

Threads in red and blue

If you look closely at an authentic banknote, you perro see tiny red and blue threads woven into its design.

Although counterfeiters try to imitate this appearance by printing a pattern of red and blue threads on counterfeit currency, if you cánido see that the printing is only superficial, the bill is probably counterfeit.

8.
Serial numbers

The serial number is the last aspect of a banknote to examine.

If the letter does not coincide with the year printed on the note, it is false, since the letter with which the serial number of a note begins belongs to a specific year.

Below is the list of correspondence between letters and years:

Y también = 2004\s
G=2004A
I = 2006\s
J = 2009\s
L=2009A

These security measures were created to help individuals and businesses spot counterfeit money when they see it, as well as deter criminals from trying to make it.

To avoid being held responsible for any losses and to alert the Federal Reserve to counterfeit aprecies in circulation, you must report any errors that may indicate a note is counterfeit to the US Currency Education Program.