<div dir="ltr">We have a black light that looks like it was made specifically for that purpose.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Martin Bogomolni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martinbogo@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinbogo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>There is a rash of fairly high quality counterfeiting going on in San Francisco lately. They are targeting $20, $50, and $100 bills, and the bills are fairly reasonable reproductions.</div>
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</div><div>The bills pass a quick visual inspection (stripe, holographic-ish marking, watermark) but fail deep inspection ( florescence, position/marking on stripes, ink-testing pens ). </div><div><br></div><div>I recommend that NB purchase at least a simple paper/ink testing pen to keep around for events and when selling things for cash.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I got a couple fake $20's in change recently at a local store, and spotted them before the transaction was finished. The clerk had the decency to swap them out for new $20's, and I waited for her to hand the fake $20's to the manager before leaving the store. (Urban Outfitters, downtown near Union Square).</div>
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