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I just went to KFC to get some chicken an hour or so ago, and paid with $2 bills, and the cashier held them up to the light, and I said "Those don't have security threads" and she said "Yes they do", and I said "No they don't. $1 and $2 bills have no security features" and she said in an annoyed smarty voice "I've been a cashier for 9 years. I think I would know" and I said "Well, I'm a money man. I study and have studied many things on money, and I know for a fact that $1 and $2 bills do NOT have security threads" and she kjust said "Okay, whatever" as I drove away. Some youngersters are so hopeless.  |
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Technically $1s and $2s do have red and blue security threads..
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Your statement to the KFC cashier about $2 security threads
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coinsearcher83....statement is correct.
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Technically $1s and $2s do have red and blue security threads.. Quote:
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coinsearcher83....statement is correct. Yes, I figured she ,meant the small red and blue fibers embedded in the paper after thinking about it for a few seconds. But I usually hold a bill "down" NOT in the light, to see "those" security features. I guess if I see her there next time I ho, I will apologize for acting like some kind of know-it-all.  |
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The red and blue threads are certainly not one of the modern post-1990 security features found on all other denominations, they have been around for over a century. The specific term "security thread" denotes a plastic or metallic ribbon woven into the paper stock. Plug security thread into any search engine and all of the top returns will refer to the ribbon, not fibers. I have have had this exact same argument with people myself and every single one of them was convinced that a $2 bill should have a polymer strip with microprinting just like $5-$100.
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I have have had this exact same argument with people myself and every single one of them was convinced that a $2 bill should have a polymer strip with microprinting just like $5-$100. I feel the same way about the $2 AND the $1 bills just to deter bleach counterfeiting. There was actually some debate in the early 1990s I think, where they were talking about the possibility of adding the polymer strip to the $1 bill, and even said where it would be located, but I forget where. There was no talk of adding the strip to the $2 bill, but I'm sure they were thinking about it. I think if they ever do $200 bills, and $500 and $1,000 bills again, I think that their security threads should go horizontally, with the $200 bill's strip on the bottom section of the note, the $500 bill's strip in the middle, and the $1,000 bill's strip on the top. Or maybe they should even go crazy with the $1,000 bill's security thread and spiral int through the note like a candy cane, or spring design, just to make faking $1,000 bills extremely difficult. The $200 bill should also have a red 3D Motion ribbon woven into its paper, like the new $100 bills blue 3D Motion ribbon woven into its paper, and the $500 bill should have a green Motion 3D ribbon woven into it's paper, and the $1,000 bill should have a gold Motion 3D ribbon woven into its paper. |
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So you guys had a semantic argument. The cashier was looking for the fibers, lol.
@Fox: Spiral idea: That's an amazing idea but imagine how much trial and error it would take to make feasible. Look at the new $100s; they should've been released a long time ago. Polymer notes would solve a whole host of problems that paper counterfeits encounter. Durability is a quality that is good for money's integrity and its higher difficulty to fake.
Holograms and 3D pictures have been around for decades now; they should look into things like this.
Measures that exist are raised printing (a good one), paper content or polymer, micro-printing, watermarks, ultraviolet fibers, foil strips or ribbons, serial numbers. Most of these are only for paper.
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