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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;funkee, post: 1510533, member: 37925&quot;]I have seen these on eBay and they look too similar to US currency to be legal. Seller writes &quot;This item is not real dollars, not counterfeit. This item is a financial staff dedicated Counting practice coupons. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F20-bank-note-practice-dedicated-voucher-1000-points-%2F170895770302" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F20-bank-note-practice-dedicated-voucher-1000-points-%2F170895770302" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-bank-note-practice-dedicated-voucher-1000-points-/170895770302</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems too easy to pass these off as real currency if one doesn&#039;t know Chinese. Especially because these notes are double sided and appear to be actual size. However, the printing quality looks to be poor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to this site:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n26a09.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n26a09.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n26a09.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>I showed that image of a Chinese “practice note” to one of my Chinese students. She translates the characters thus:</i></p><p><i>Training Money </i></p><p><i>SAMPLE </i></p><p><i>Only for Practice – Circulation Forbidden</i></p><p><i>Apparently (as my student tells me) the characters for “Training” are also those for “Kung Fu”, so perhaps “Kung Fu Money” is another plausible rendering.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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