My first fake money

[rockyridgefarm]

I got paid in 20s for a job I did earlier this week. Just took the cash and didn’t really look at it. Last night, I was putting it away and spotted a funny 20. Guy who gave it to me would not have slipped it to me on purpose, so he musta unknowingly got it from someone else. I guess I’m out 20 bucks.

 

[M-MAN]

Well, they did make it easy to spot if you looked.

 

[Steve in VA]

I got paid in 20s for a job I did earlier this week. Just took the cash and didn’t really look at it. Last night, I was putting it away and spotted a funny 20. Guy who gave it to me would not have slipped it to me on purpose, so he musta unknowingly got it from someone else. I guess I’m out 20 bucks.View attachment 2162

Weird that it actually says " copy money". I have no clue what the outcome would be, but I would take it to the bank so the treasury department gets notified. But , that's just me.

 

[Keith Molden]

Years ago when we owned a small country store, we took a counterfeit 20.00. I took it to the bank and the manager told me to do what they do, pass it on to somebody else cause if they take it they would not give me my 20. back for it. I couldn't believe what she told me to do with it. I still have it here someplace. We put it in a picture frame and hung it up in the store & when we sold it we brought it home with us as a token of the price of doing business, True story

 

[timcasbolt]

If this is a regular customer, I'd take it back to him and ask for real money. Heck, probably even if it's an irregular customer.

 

[Steve in VA]

Years ago when we owned a small country store, we took a counterfeit 20.00. I took it to the bank and the manager told me to do what they do, pass it on to somebody else cause if they take it they would not give me my 20. back for it. I couldn't believe what she told me to do with it. I still have it here someplace. We put it in a picture frame and hung it up in the store & when we sold it we brought it home with us as a token of the price of doing business, True story

Banks can be funny. I took 20$ out of their ATM and got 40$. I went inside to give it to them and they wouldn't take it. Told me to keep it.

 

[DoubleO7]

I got paid in 20s for a job I did earlier this week. Just took the cash and didn’t really look at it. Last night, I was putting it away and spotted a funny 20. Guy who gave it to me would not have slipped it to me on purpose, so he musta unknowingly got it from someone else. I guess I’m out 20 bucks.

What does it say across the top on the right?
"Motion picture use only" ?

Does feel different? It is suppose to feel different.

 

[used red MN]

I will assume it is the 3rd one from the bottom lacking the gold embossing on the number 20 below right of the portrait. I think it is common knowledge but some guys on here do tend to take up residence under a rock. Paper US currency made within the last 20 years except for the $1 bills have “security strips” in them that run from to top to bottom. You can easily see them when held up to a reasonable light source. In the photo under my finger on the top of the bill you can see the strip. The security strip when illuminated by a black light will glow a different color depending on the denomination. On the 5 & 10s I have they are about an inch to the right of the portrait. On the one 20 (had to go to my wife to get a 20!) it was about an inch from the left side of the bill. Not sure if these are standard placement or not. I have seen it demonstrated that with a magnifying glass and a good tweezers they can be pulled out. Here is a link to a secret service page with more tips on spotting counterfeit currency.
###Looks like you will have to investigate your own bills, it seems the software rejects a photo of currency.
Know your money

 

[used red MN]

Years ago when we owned a small country store, we took a counterfeit 20.00. I took it to the bank and the manager told me to do what they do, pass it on to somebody else cause if they take it they would not give me my 20. back for it. I couldn't believe what she told me to do with it. I still have it here someplace. We put it in a picture frame and hung it up in the store & when we sold it we brought it home with us as a token of the price of doing business, True story

I suspect these folks would have a little more to say about the practice of a bank returning a counterfeit bill into circulation.
CFPB

 

[rockyridgefarm]

I will assume it is the 3rd one from the bottom lacking the gold embossing on the number 20 below right of the portrait. I think it is common knowledge but some guys on here do tend to take up residence under a rock. Paper US currency made within the last 20 years except for the $1 bills have “security strips” in them that run from to top to bottom. You can easily see them when held up to a reasonable light source. In the photo under my finger on the top of the bill you can see the strip. The security strip when illuminated by a black light will glow a different color depending on the denomination. On the 5 & 10s I have they are about an inch to the right of the portrait. On the one 20 (had to go to my wife to get a 20!) it was about an inch from the left side of the bill. Not sure if these are standard placement or not. I have seen it demonstrated that with a magnifying glass and a good tweezers they can be pulled out. Here is a link to a secret service page with more tips on spotting counterfeit currency.
###Looks like you will have to investigate your own bills, it seems the software rejects a photo of currency.
Know your money

Yes, it felt like regular paper. That’s why I noticed. I was counting quite a few more 20s and this one stuck out like a sore thumb just by feel. It is the very first one I’ve ever gotten that I know of in my 43 years, so it is not a big deal. I’ll frame it like Keith did.

That, or I’ll use it to help pay off my shop bill in my 3010… Tom?

 

[Crazy Horse]

I got paid in 20s for a job I did earlier this week. Just took the cash and didn’t really look at it. Last night, I was putting it away and spotted a funny 20. Guy who gave it to me would not have slipped it to me on purpose, so he musta unknowingly got it from someone else. I guess I’m out 20 bucks.View attachment 2162

Who's the guy in the middle of the bill? Resembles some guitarist in a rock band but I can't quite place him.

Up here we rid ourselves of paper $1 and $2 bills years ago (replaced with coins). And of course, pennies are a thing of the past. At the soaring price of things these days, I think we could rid ourselves of any coinage less than $1. That might eventually happen, who knows?

 

[DoubleO7]

Who's the guy in the middle of the bill? Resembles some guitarist in a rock band but I can't quite place him.

Up here we rid ourselves of paper $1 and $2 bills years ago (replaced with coins). And of course, pennies are a thing of the past. At the soaring price of things these days, I think we could rid ourselves of any coinage less than $1. That might eventually happen, who knows?

So if you make a purchase with cash and the change is like 33 cents, what do you get?

 

[timcasbolt]

Not that anyone will ever ask my permission, but I will never agree with rounding money. Too easy to use as a method for increasing prices.

 

[Crazy Horse]

So if you make a purchase with cash and the change is like 33 cents, what do you get?

007 ..... for card transactions it stays exactly as always, so in your example it would show up on your receipt or monthly bill as $0.33 If you were paying cash, you'd have to fork out $0.35 (rounded up). Had it been $0.32 charged you would only pay $0.30 cash (rounded down). When you think about it, over time and for your cash transactions, it would likely balance out equally over time. People don't even give it a thought anymore. Cashiers still seem to struggle if the machine they are using doesn't tell them how much change to give. And no, I don't criticize them for that, there are so few cash transactions anymore and so few people deal with cash for anything (even a cup of coffee) that cash is almost obsolete. My wife and I still use cash for a lot of smaller purchases, cards too of course.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Not that anyone will ever ask my permission, but I will never agree with rounding money. Too easy to use as a method for increasing prices.

When you think of it Tim, the whole system could be based on a dime ($0.1) being the smallest medium of cash exchange. No such thing as 1/100 of a dollar (a penny), just 1/10 of a dollar. It would work as well as the current system. Nickels would not exist ($0.05) along with pennies. So a burger might cost you $5.7 or a beer $6.0 and a side of fries $4.2 ..... anything is possible, it's just numbers. Getting used to it might take a bit of time.

 

[Turkeyfoot]

When you think of it Tim, the whole system could be based on a dime ($0.1) being the smallest medium of cash exchange. No such thing as 1/100 of a dollar (a penny), just 1/10 of a dollar. It would work as well as the current system. Nickels would not exist ($0.05) along with pennies. So a burger might cost you $5.7 or a beer $6.0 and a side of fries $4.2 ..... anything is possible, it's just numbers. Getting used to it might take a bit of time.

"A dime for your thoughts." Naaah. Doesn't sound as good. In the interest of poetic phrasing, I suggest we keep the penny. It's not always about money, even when it is.

 

[jimg.allentown]

007 ..... for card transactions it stays exactly as always, so in your example it would show up on your receipt or monthly bill as $0.33 If you were paying cash, you'd have to fork out $0.35 (rounded up). Had it been $0.32 charged you would only pay $0.30 cash (rounded down). When you think about it, over time and for your cash transactions, it would likely balance out equally over time. People don't even give it a thought anymore. Cashiers still seem to struggle if the machine they are using doesn't tell them how much change to give. And no, I don't criticize them for that, there are so few cash transactions anymore and so few people deal with cash for anything (even a cup of coffee) that cash is almost obsolete. My wife and I still use cash for a lot of smaller purchases, cards too of course.

So, now your government can track every time you spend or receive money. I would like to keep even a tiny bit of privacy.

P. S. I have a bag of about 30 pounds of Canadian pennies. Guess they could soon be worth a lot of money, eh?

 

[Crazy Horse]

So, now your government can track every time you spend or receive money. I would like to keep even a tiny bit of privacy.

P. S. I have a bag of about 30 pounds of Canadian pennies. Guess they could soon be worth a lot of money, eh?

Your bag of pennies would be worth their weight in whatever metal they are made of these days, like your own I don't think there is much if any copper in them anymore Jim. Or their monetary value I guess like one cent per penny. I think they will still cash them in for you. Not sure how our government is in a better spot now than ever to track our income and expenditures. You'll have to explain that to me.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

I got paid in 20s for a job I did earlier this week. Just took the cash and didn’t really look at it. Last night, I was putting it away and spotted a funny 20. Guy who gave it to me would not have slipped it to me on purpose, so he musta unknowingly got it from someone else. I guess I’m out 20 bucks.View attachment 2162

Any bills marked "COPY MONEY" are for use in film/TV production & is not supposed to be circulated. How that got out is anyone's guess.

Mike

 

[Steve in IL]

I got paid in 20s for a job I did earlier this week. Just took the cash and didn’t really look at it. Last night, I was putting it away and spotted a funny 20. Guy who gave it to me would not have slipped it to me on purpose, so he musta unknowingly got it from someone else. I guess I’m out 20 bucks.View attachment 2162

Wow… I googled “copy money”. You can buy stacks of those bills on Amazon, eBay, etc. I’d better be careful.