Hard to tell.
Posted on 04/17/2006 5:50:29 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
Fake porn euro notes being sold as a gimmick in Germany are being successfully passed off as real cash.
The notes, in 300, 600 and 1,000 euro denominations have a ring of 12 hearts instead of the usual EU stars and feature hunky men and big-breasted nude women.
Instead of the word 'Euro' being printed in the corner these notes have 'Eros' - the Greek god of love.
But despite these differences - and the fact that the only large euro notes currently in circulation are 100s, 200s and 500s - police say they are being passed off as the real thing.
Cologne newsagent Bernd Friedhelm, 33, accepted one of the fake 600 euro notes from an unknown customer who bought two cartons of cigarettes and walked off with 534 euros in change.
Friedhelm said: "He told me it was a new type of note and I just figured I hadn't seen one before."
A spokesman for the Cologne police said: "You can tell straight away by looking at it that it's fake.
"There aren't even any 600 euro notes anyway. But anyone trying to pass it off as real, even as a joke, faces prosecution."
That's because of all the new bancnotes, it's like if there was a new fake quarter, who can keep up with all the new state quarter designs. The porn bill, he figured it must be from Amsterdam.
They all look like fake notes to me.
Whoops! That Ananova link didn't load the pics for me at first, that's why I posted the other one I Googled up.
I had a friend who passed off "Canadian Tire" coupons, that sorta looked like Canadian bills, in Italy when we were there on vacation years ago.
Some oddities on that site. Kind of enlightening :0)
I don't see the official Vince Foster endorsement mark.
A long time ago a certain American university in Germany printed promos based on a dollar bill, but obviously fake. About a year later some American feds from France came in, investigating them being passed as dollars there. They took the plates and film with them.
Ping!
Damn, someone actually put a lot of thought into the design. Amazing to what lengths people go to for a hoax, that must have taken a long time to make. The face on the 62 year old immigrant when they actually looked at the bill must have been priceless.
I caught this a little while ago. I don't know why I didn't send you a "funny money" ping, but then again it's Monday...
Might be worth more than the Euro?
At least it has some intrinsic value
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