Posted: 6/20/2012 7:21:46 AM EDT
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Since most successful counterfitting is done by bleaching low denomination notes and printing a higher denomonition.
Wouldn't it make sense for each not to have a unique cutout (square circle triangle etc) punched in a distinct location on every denomination? It also would make it easier for blind people to distinguish between denominations. |
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US Currency is a bit behind the times in anti-counterfeiting technology.
Instead of cutouts, how about a clear window in the bill, like Canuckistanian currency? 
Regardless, counterfeiters will find a way to eventually duplicate or imitate, it's just a matter of time and resources. |
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I am the last to be a gammer nazi here....but thank you. 
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In all seriousness and spelling aside, I'm sure the idea has been kicked around before, but I could certainly see how putting holes in a bill would affect it's durability Not to mention that US currency is printed on cotton fiber paper, so it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to simply fill that hole w/ more fibers and glue, much like those upholstry repair kits they used to sell on TV  As has been noted in this thread, other currencies use a plastic like material for the whole bill, or a plastic strip that makes it difficult to mask or print over. This would seem to be a superior method. Speed |
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Wow if real |
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Bring back the educational series large size notes!
Not fake proof but they were WAY cooler than our money now. Hell all our grandparents money was better. It even sounded better. I work at a coin shop and we do rare currency too. I wish our money was as cool as it was. Kind of funny, a guy tried to buy a $1,300 coin at the last show from us with fake $100's. Pretty much went like " Dude, your in a room with 1,000 people who are experts on all types of currency. You try to pay with money printed on copy paper?" Waited but got no answer, he just bolted and security got him! |
Surely not. I remember working as a cashier in my younger days, being tired, beat down and distracted, and even I paid far more attention than that! I mean, where would you put blank paper in the register? |