Senin, 27 Mei 2013

Why Counterfeit Money Detection Is Necessary

By Traci Witt


People have been attempting to defraud the United States Treasury department for a very long time. It is for this very reason that the United States government has put so much time and effort into counterfeit money detection measures over the years. For the most part they have been very successful. It is much harder to fool them today.

Real money has a much more defined feel and you can actually feel the texture of the ink. Because of the method used to print the paper currency the ink has a slightly raised feel. In addition, just about everybody has handled enough of it to be able to tell the difference between real money and something printed on regular low quality paper.

The paper that our currency is printed on uses a special recipe that is actually classified information. The materials that are known to be used are a special sheep skin mixture as well as high quality paper bits and small flakes of metal. This list of ingredients is extremely difficult to replicate and even if someone was able to they still would not know the secret ingredients.

Another method to detecting fake currency is to simply compare it with a different bill but of the same denomination. When compared side by side you will be able to notice the differences between the real one and the fake one. Even if the fake one was really well done it could never look exactly the same as a real on side by side.

Even today people continue the practice of trying to make counterfeit currency. The modern technology available today to just about anyone has made it much easier for people to produce the paper version of currency that we have all gotten used to. There are various countermeasures that the US government for example uses to attempt to thwart those who would try to defraud the US Treasury.

Beyond the strip there is a special pen that people at a store, or anywhere else, can buy that uses a special ink. This ink, when written onto a bill will change color to alert the clerk to the fact that the bill is not authentic. At this point they can get their manager and they can let the customer know they have a fake bill. Not all cases are intentional.

Sometimes a counterfeit bill can get accepted somewhere and end up making it through the system. It is not common but it has happened here and there. Such things are usually caught at the bank level before getting put back into circulation. This was more common 20 years ago before the metal strip was included and the pen with special ink was introduced.

Counterfeit money detection is a very important aspect of the public and it is crucial that we all play our part to stop it. If counterfeit funds begin to circulate they can have an adverse effect and cause the funds already in circulation to become devalued. Everybody needs to do their best to make sure any fake bills get taken out of circulation.




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