Beware Of Fakes!

There is no way to stop it, no matter how we change the currency there will always be someone to copy it. Paper money has been copied sense day one and there are actual presses in other countries to make US currency. Coins to slot machines have also been duplicated and getting the right look and feel is more of a personal challenge to some than the actual profit. Then there is always conspiracy reports about the mint and/or government(s) being involved with it.

No matter how you look at it there will always be fakes and the technology we all process can do a good job at it. Remember when they made the first changes to the current currency that some kid using just his printer and scanner was making passable fakes.

What scares me is how good they are getting and the fact they can fool most people. I was talking to a dealer a few months ago about the same thing and they were shocked on the quality being produced. He told me he had a client come in with one and wanted an estimate of what it was worth. He looked at it for a long time and could not figure out what was wrong with it but knew something was not right. After some time the client could not hold in his laughter anymore and started to laugh and finally told him it was a fake and what stood out on it. The item was so small that without a microscope or knowledge of what it was it could easily be passed on to someone else.

Does any one know the best way to detect these fakes, I have not seen one personally but I am guessing they are underweight.