Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Posted on 04/02/2008 7:42:28 PM PDT by Richard Poe
I have wondered if the continual altering of US notes is because of North Korea. I think NK’s primary export for some time has been US$100 notes.
Is this the plan? They’ll keep changing the appearance of money, gradually making “In God we trust” smaller with each new look, until among all the variations it gradually disappears completely and no one will notice.
Maybe the people with too much time on their hands are U.S. Treasury employees paid with our tax dollars. Sounds like a freakin’ art colony going on there.
It's not so much that good counterfeits can be made; rather, it's that so many hundreds of thousands of otherwise honest people can make counterfeits that are easily passed to the unwary.
You are a day late.
It looks fine to me too...but I’m color-blind. I will never understand the panic/fear that purple seems to generate in people.
A "successful" counterfeit is anything that the crook manages to unload without it being traced back to him. It doesn't matter if the money is detected as soon as his victim takes it to the bank if, by that point, the crook is long gone.
By that standard, U.S. currency has some problems based on the fact that a decent printer could produce a fake that would withstand a quarter-second glance, which is all some money is apt to get in some transactions. In some venues where lots of cash gets passed around (certain swap meets, etc.) it wouldn't be hard to find a vendor who doesn't look too closely at cash; even if one is caught, if one has bought and sold enough merchandise before using the funny money, one would have plausible deniability (e.g. one could claim that one must have been given the fake note by someone else--one would be out the value of the note, but could likely dodge prosecution).
IMHO, currency should include some reflective or iridescent features that are visually obvious from any angle. I have no idea if the new currency does anything like that.
No doubt. Its all a sinister plot Mandrake - they are all planning to steal our vital essence. I, for one, am ready for them Mandrake.
No. I pay 3.18 for a gallon of gas. I think. Maybe 3.28.
But even so, your change is a bit more than pennies.
You can buy two gallons of milk for 5 bucks.
I have no idea what a pack of cigs cost and I don’t really care.
A color laser printer can’t replicate a watermark or embeded metalic strips. So BS to your theory.
Thats because he is the product of a 3 and 2 dollar bill
That's just <drum roll...> loonie!
So, BS for your ignorant response ~ you should have at least read the entire comment.
Orange juice however remains more expensive than gasoline.
I find it a bit ironic that a product from Florida USA that doesn't require refining is more expensive than a product the raw material for which must be shipped half way around the world before they can even begin turning it into a useful product.
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Won’t be long and paper money is going to include imbedded video shorts.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
If you don’t like them, I’ll take them off your hands ...
Does everyone who accepts a $5 or $10 bill examine the watermarks and other such features?
Ridiculous. Instead of monopoly money I call it batman money.
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