If your going to pass counterfeit $100s you have to try better than this... https://komonews.com/news/local/pro...s-bills-with-asian-characters-a-dead-giveaway
I've found a few of these. It's so easy to tell they are counterfeit because they have none of the anti-counterfeit markers and all have the Chinese characters on them. I have heard they are used in high stakes underground poker games. In case they get raided by law enforcement they can always claim they were using play money and it's just a game for having fun. Don't remember where I heard that or even if it's true.
These are in the news a lot - https://www.kktv.com/content/news/F...the-rounds-in-Colorado-Springs-435215663.html https://www.google.com/amp/www.sun-...nterfeit-money-arrest-20170828-story,amp.html
Could simply be Lucky Money (in this case, probably not) or maybe some variety of Hell Money. The huge "counterstamp" probably says something about the character of the piece. Attempting to spend that as real money creates a problem though ... Christian
From the Florida SunSentinel article: "Knowingly possessing counterfeit currency is illegal, law enforcement officials said." Is this true? I would think attempting to pass it is illegal, but not possessing it. [edit] A quick Google search indicares this is true. It seems to apply to currency and not coinage, though.
These have been for sale on eBay for years. They call them practice currency - you can order them. I told the SS about them - they didn't seem to care. Figured someone, somewhere would try to pass them off, and someone, somewhere, would take them. If the government cared about devaluation of currency though, they wouldn't print it all willy nilly...
It may be worth doing some in-depth research to find out and see what current (citable) laws state but I think it really comes down to selective enforcement. It is quite common to go to a bar, gas station or mini mart and see (supposedly) counterfeit notes taped up behind the counter somewhere. In this sense the law may be applied to a counterfeiter who is "busted" and the suspected counterfeit notes used against the suspect when found while businesses seem to get a pass even though they may technically be in violation as well in terms of mere possession. Through this context we can see that it is not as cut and dry as "law enforcement officials" tend to lead on (either through their own ignorance or otherwise).
Truth be told, what's the difference between this bill and what the government prints? Fiat is the word that comes to mind....
I believe these are "Hell Notes" used in Chinese funerals for money that can be used by the dead in the afterlife. Not anything intended to be a counterfeit - why would they have the Chinese script on them in bright fuschia?
This is a novelty item sold as either a bank tell for training or for Chinese people to have as, well a novelty item.
Yes, knowingly possessing counterfeit currency is illegal - they won't go after a collector with a few notes, but you can't defend sitting on a suitcase full of superbills...
I'm glad the bulk of my JIM and PEAGC was gathered 30 years ago. The bogus-bill printers today can make anything, even rags.