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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ikandiggit, post: 1086309, member: 16269&quot;]With all the security features that are in place in modern notes, it&#039;s still surprising how many counterfeits are still successfully passed. Micro printing, watermarks, UV strips etc. mean nothing to the average Joe. If it looks like a real banknote and feels like a real banknote and there&#039;s no obvious reason to think otherwise, people will accept it and pass it. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the past year, my restaurant has had almost a dozen counterfeit notes accepted because they passed the most rudimentary tests.... look and feel (mainly the look). As a collector, I spotted them right away. I had to show my staff <i>why </i>they weren&#039;t real and I&#039;m sure most of them still didn&#039;t understand. Until the day the bank says to them that the hundred dollar bill that they are trying to deposit isn&#039;t worth anything, is the day they will begin to take note. Until then, they couldn&#039;t care less. And I&#039;m sure the majority of the public is the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>There will be counterfeits until they decide to stop making notes (and coins) and switch to credit/debit cards only. And then that&#039;s a whole &#039;nother can of worms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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