I was wondering are these more difficult to spend due to not having the same security features as the new $100 dollar bills? not sure if the pen would pick it up as legit
I am 35 years old but I always wonder if younger people are ignorant to small face notes or if parents teach them
LOL. There's always that one collector in a family . That's how I like to think of it . Currency is a dying breed my friend though . It's a new age . Plastic and Direct payments is the new norm .
I can't stand how everything is going digital or electronic, It just seems the younger generation now is not that bright or just controlled by tech
Depends on the city, here in Las Vegas I would for sure say yes ! the scan every $100 no matter what.
The pen test on a bill is nothing more than damaging the bill. It test positive on any federal paper. Years ago in California a number of $5 bills were bleached and a $100 bill was copied onto them. They tested to be the real thing but they were fake. They were caught and are currently in prison. Most of today's parents don't know about money so they can't teach their children. $2.00 bills are legal but a number of young adults think they are all counterfeit. Some have even refused to accept them.
Per the information on the packaging that is usually ignored by cashiers and bank tellers alike, the "pen" is designed to work on currency made from 1960 - present. So a perfectly fine Series 1934 $100 note that is brought in to a bank will often be declared counterfeit from failing the pen test and seized by the bank to be sent off to their nearest Secret Service office. Then the Secret Service will return the note a week or two later with a notation that it is genuine. One can just imagine the dumbfounded stares of confusion by these same bank employees when they see this. Bank tellers will often tell you that the general populous is not accepting of the old-design notes and usually refuse to accept them by tellers out of ignorance. This leads bank tellers to send them off in their mute piles to meet their end. Indeed. There seems to be little education to the younger generations by their parents about notes that were ubiquitous only 25 years ago. Every now and then you will read articles how cashiers at a mall or what have you falsely declare a 1993 $20 note to be fake and have the police summoned. Sometimes customers are falsely accused or even arrested for trying to use what turns out to be perfectly good "old" money. The government bears responsibility for the manifesting of such ignorance. All of the so-called government education to the public is about recognizing the security features of current-design notes. To the government it is as if "old style" notes are no longer seen or used the minute a "next gen" note comes out. This line of thinking is flawed as such notes are actually still very common in circulation; it's just that they are kept from circulating for very long before being filtered out. In summation, be careful where you try using that 1985 $100 note. Using it at a casino, bank, or post office is likely to be fine and not get you a second look but trying to use it at Forever 21 with a 17-year-old cashier may not end well for you. And if the note is in notably nice or crisp condition you may consider setting it aside as a potential collectible or novelty from the not-so-distant past.
I often used and continue to use bills from the 1980s and 1990s. Whether its 1 $5 or a $100, they've been acceptable- at least where I am. I save the nicer ones, and spend the worn, tattered ones. Once older individuals start spending their rainy day money, it tends to appear in circulation. It's kinda sad to see 4 consecutive 1988A fives in the mutilated pile in a bank- and yes, I do have them in my possession now.) You should be fine spending a 1985 $100. I've used them before, and its fine. The pen should work on it. As for the 1934 $100s, be careful- last time I used one of those, all the younger cashiers were fighting over it- thinking it was a major collectible.
