Counterfeit money: how to recognize a fake?

Each currency has its own elements of protection,They can distinguish fake money from real ones. Of course, it's hard to tell in one article about the system of protecting all currencies, because it depends not only on the currency, but even on the denomination of a particular note. Therefore, today we will talk about, how to distinguish the fake $ 100 from these.

Why exactly $ 100? There are several reasons for this. At first, hundreds of bills make up the lion's share of all the fake dollars - about 95%, so the probability of encountering a fake hundred-bill note is quite large. Secondly, the US government puts into circulation a new 100-dollar banknote with an improved security system, which should be read. The development of new elements of protection took more than a decade.

Two absolutely new elements of protection of a 100-dollar bill were developed, which will help to distinguish counterfeit money from real ones. The first of them is three-dimensional protective tape. On the front of the new banknote is theBlue ribbon with bells on it. Depending on the angle of the bill, the bells change to the number 100. This tape is not printed on paper, but is woven into it, so it is almost impossible to forge it.

The second new element of protection is a bell in an inkwell. On the front of the new bill is depicteda copper bell. When the banknote is tilted, it changes color from copper to green - it seems that the bell then disappears from the ink tank, it appears in it again.

Both of these elements help to distinguish counterfeit money, even without looking at the banknote to the light. In addition, in the new banknote saved three security elements, used in 100-dollar banknotes of the old type. They can be guided if you deal with old bills.

The first element is watermark in the form of an indistinct portrait of President Benjamin Franklin in the free space to the right of the usual portrait. It becomes visible on the lumen on both sides of the banknote.

The second element - protective thread. If you look at the banknote for a gap, on the leftfrom the portrait, a vertical security thread inserted into the paper becomes visible. It printed US letters and number 100, placed along the entire length of the thread and visible on both sides of the bill. In the ultraviolet light, the protective strip glows pink.

The third element, which makes it possible to distinguish counterfeit money from genuine ones, is number 100, located on the front side of the banknote, in the lower right corner. Depending on the angle of inclination, it changes color from copper to green.

In addition, a 100-dollar banknote is equipped with additional elements of design and protection. One of them is relief print on the entire surface of the banknote, a characteristic sign of authenticity. The paper should appear rough to the touch, and the president's clothing should feel relief. On the reverse side of the banknote is a large number of 100 golden colors. Another element of a genuine banknote - microprint around the edges of the banknote, around the golden pen, around the watermark in the form of a portrait and on the collar of the jacket of Benjamin Franklin.

To the left of the portrait you can see universal print of the Federal Reserve System. Above it (under the serial number) there is a letter and a number indicating which particular federal reserve bank issued this banknote. Himself serial number consists of eleven digits, is unique and repeats on the front side of the note twice - in the upper left and in the lower right side of the banknote.

In the upper left corner of the new bill can be printed letters FW. If they are not, this does not mean that you gotfake money. These letters mean that the note was printed in Fort Worth (Texas), and banknotes without these letters are printed in Washington, DC.

In addition, on the front side of the new banknote, as before, printed a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, and on the reverse - A vignette with the image of Independence Hall. But in comparison with old-style banknotesThe vignette and portrait were enlarged, and the oval framing them was removed. In addition, the vignette now shows the rear facade of the building instead of the main one. To the right of the portrait are also depicted American symbols of freedom - pen, which the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and phrases from this historical document.

A new 100-dollar banknote has blue, helping to distinguish it from denominations with a different denomination. But the color of the bill is not a criterion that makes it possible to distinguish counterfeit money from real ones - the counterfeiters can reproduce the color of the bill.

Please note that the US government does not withdraw old-style bills from circulation. Therefore, the old shabby note is not necessarily fake. The best way to distinguish counterfeit money from real ones is to focus on the elements of protection that we described in this article.