The counterfeit note has a very similar feel. The thickness, texture and the way it folds is real close and maybe its best feature. The color is a bit off and the easy way to tell, is to get yourself a inexpensive Ultra Violet flashlight and look for the security strip on the left side. This note is absent the strip.
I'm from Da Bronx, not in Da Bronx. My family moved to CT (Connecticut, the other CT) in 1969, but I'll always be a Boy from Da Bronx. We lived in the Wakefield section at East 241st Street where The El and the bus line ended. I don't go down very often, just to Woodlawn Cemetery at 233rd Street.