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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1348035, member: 11668&quot;]Because the 0&#039;s are the whole point of that security feature.&nbsp; Color photocopiers are programmed to recognize and reject any image that contains that specific pattern of small colored circles.&nbsp; You can find it on many countries&#039; banknotes from the past decade or so.&nbsp; The U.S. chose to turn the little circles into denomination numerals (05, 10, &amp;c.; many other countries&#039; notes just use them as part of a colorful background design.</p><p><br /></p><p>(FYI: it&#039;s only <i>color photocopiers</i> that recognize currency by looking for these circles.&nbsp; <i>Scanners</i> that won&#039;t scan currency are looking for something else.&nbsp; Why is anybody&#039;s guess....)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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