Counterfeit/Fake $100 Bills Making The Rounds In Wyoming, Fake/Counterfeit Pens Don't Detect Them

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HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25030 Posts	Posted 06/07/2026 12:04 am Summary: The bills were made by first bleaching $1 bills then overprinting as a $100. Detector pens use iodine to detect ordinary paper and did not react with these bills. However, rubbing alcohol will smear the ink to detect fakes. Also the bills lack a security strip and watermarks. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/0...to-riverton/ Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff

Empty_Pockets Valued Member United States 129 Posts	Posted Yesterday 01:06 am I read the whole link and found it very educational. Thank you for the post. :) Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:22 am Oh my! Thank you for sharing. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:19 pm I think "bleaching off a low-denomination note and printing a higher denomination on the blanked banknote" has been a counterfeiting technique to foil the detector pen for a while now. Making it harder to do this was the main reason why the different denominations are made more distinctive in terms of background inks and physical differences such as different security threads for each denomination. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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Fake $100 Bills Making The Rounds In Wyoming, Counterfeit Pens Don't Detect Them