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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 445886, member: 8247&quot;]OK, couple of things</p><p><br /></p><p>1. 365nm UV light is the best way for normal people like us to check a bill on the fly.&nbsp; The equipment banks use to check for counterfeits don&#039;t even look at the security thread or watermark.&nbsp; As a result, most counterfeiters put very little effort into those two features.&nbsp; Under the UV light, the security thread will glow&nbsp; =blue for $5, Orange for $10, Green for $20, Yellow for $50, and Red for $100 (a very faint red on the hundreds).</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; The police will make absolutely no determination on the genuineness of the bills.&nbsp; They will show up and if they are in a good mood, will sieze the note, take down everyone&#039;s information, fill out the counterfeit note report, and send it to the secret service.&nbsp; If they are in a bad mood, they will take you down to the police station and make you wait for the secret service to show up.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; No private individual has the right to &quot;seize&quot; a suspected note, BUT they do have the right to attempt to hold it and stall you while they call the police/secret service to show up to seize it.&nbsp; If you are in a bank and they claim a note is suspect and they want to send it to the secret service, focus on getting a receipt for it as any resistance will just result in a call to the police and a bigger headache.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; I&#039;m not telling anyone what to do, but if you have a suspect note, just know that if you take it to the bank/police/etc... you won&#039;t get it back if it&#039;s counterfeit.&nbsp; It sucks, but if you accept a counterfeit, it&#039;s your loss and good luck proving where it came from (no matter how much you know where it came from).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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