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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 2391616, member: 2098"]The counterfeit pens are a joke. The Secret Service has stated quality counterfeits are often sprayed with chemicals to react as being genuine when they're swiped. Additionally, they don't work on currency that was printed before the mid-1960's (this is acknowledged by the manufacturers on the packaging of the pens but obviously isn't often read or comprehended well). This frequently results in cashiers and bank tellers thinking they've found a counterfeit when all they've found is an old bill.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best way to tell if a note is genuine is to go by the three rules that have been around since the 18th century: check for little fibers in the note, check the feel of the note and go by your instinct. Essentially, one doesn't need to use and depend on some easily fallible contraption to find out whether a note is genuine or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 2391616, member: 2098"]The counterfeit pens are a joke. The Secret Service has stated quality counterfeits are often sprayed with chemicals to react as being genuine when they're swiped. Additionally, they don't work on currency that was printed before the mid-1960's (this is acknowledged by the manufacturers on the packaging of the pens but obviously isn't often read or comprehended well). This frequently results in cashiers and bank tellers thinking they've found a counterfeit when all they've found is an old bill. The best way to tell if a note is genuine is to go by the three rules that have been around since the 18th century: check for little fibers in the note, check the feel of the note and go by your instinct. Essentially, one doesn't need to use and depend on some easily fallible contraption to find out whether a note is genuine or not.[/QUOTE]
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