Condor Posted January 6, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 6, 2011 Reading the drudge Report this morning and they had an article about the new $100 Franklin. Wonder how long it will take the bad guys to conterfit this one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted January 6, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 6, 2011 Reading the drudge Report this morning and they had an article about the new $100 Franklin. Wonder how long it will take the bad guys to conterfit this one?? I wonder how long it will take the good guys to earn one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted January 6, 2011 Not long at the current buying power value..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted January 6, 2011 Share #4 Posted January 6, 2011 Hang on there and I'll run off a few and give 'em a test run! (Hey Secret Service, JUST KIDDIN"! )LOL heh, heh..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard765 Posted January 6, 2011 Share #5 Posted January 6, 2011 Hey look!! There's some color in them there greenbacks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted January 6, 2011 Share #6 Posted January 6, 2011 I give it a couple of days after release for the first fakes to come out. Maybe a month for the good fakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted January 6, 2011 Share #7 Posted January 6, 2011 They had a problem with some of them folding in the process of printing, making them useless. One story said it could take years to weed out all the bad ones as there was no automated way to do it, just have to go through the sheets one at a time, and there were millions of them! Wonder how many will slip through and be worth scads in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted January 6, 2011 Share #8 Posted January 6, 2011 Fake ones will probally beat the earned ones out there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hig4s Posted January 6, 2011 Share #9 Posted January 6, 2011 The problem they have been having with bad $100s is they have been made from real $5s so the paper is the correct type and the checking pens used at stores don't catch them.. But if you hold them up to the light, you can see they were originally $5s.. Because of this, it seems to me the way they should have redesigned bills is with each denomination a slighter different size, and smaller denominations would be the smaller bills. Then if they washed and reprinted a $5, it couldn't be mistaken for a larger bill because it would physically be too small. Base everything on the size of the $100, make the $1s a 1/4 in shorter and 1/8 narrower, $5 1/8 in shorter and 1/8 narrower, $10 same width but 1/4 in shorter, and $20 same width an 1/8 in shorter. And if they wanted to wash $100s and reprint them as $500 of $1000 dollar bills, well generally only banks take those. They would have to be pretty ballsy to try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted January 6, 2011 Share #10 Posted January 6, 2011 The problem they have been having with bad $100s is they have been made from real $5s so the paper is the correct type and the checking pens used at stores don't catch them.. But if you hold them up to the light, you can see they were originally $5s.. Because of this, it seems to me the way they should have redesigned bills is with each denomination a slighter different size, and smaller denominations would be the smaller bills. Then if they washed and reprinted a $5, it couldn't be mistaken for a larger bill because it would physically be too small. Are you trying to throw logic and/or common sense into the government thought process? That could take down this whole country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Annie Posted January 7, 2011 Share #11 Posted January 7, 2011 Are you trying to throw logic and/or common sense into the government thought process? That could take down this whole country. Now there's a scarey thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoff1698 Posted January 7, 2011 Share #12 Posted January 7, 2011 Base everything on the size of the $100, make the $1s a 1/4 in shorter and 1/8 narrower, $5 1/8 in shorter and 1/8 narrower, $10 same width but 1/4 in shorter, and $20 same width an 1/8 in shorter. And if they wanted to wash $100s and reprint them as $500 of $1000 dollar bills, well generally only banks take those. They would have to be pretty ballsy to try that. The American Society for the Blind has been pushing for this for years. Seeing impared folks are always getting ripped off for making change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted January 7, 2011 Share #13 Posted January 7, 2011 Now there's a scarey thing No, we do not use the words sense and common together in the same sentence any more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBear Posted January 7, 2011 Share #14 Posted January 7, 2011 I wonder how long it will take the good guys to earn one. Less time than it will take to make a copy of one I'll bet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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