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Originally Posted by Sith_Apprentice
i paid $24 for a drink/hot dog yesterday. apparently the ATM at my bank gave out counterfeit $20s (even though i think the marking pen is ridiculously unpredictable. the bill was real in look, feel, watermark, hologram, security strip and about 10 other anti-counterfeiting techniques) so they had to keep the first i gave them. then i had to give my name address and phone number so the police could contact me. i ended up giving them another which was a good bill, and leaving. Quite an ordeal for a hot dog..
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I recall reading somewhere how those marking pens are not even a means for detecting if they are counterfeit. I think it was a case of monkey see, monkey do! Do they really know what they are looking for?
The water mark and hologram are what determines whether its legit.