Fake $50 bill? >:(

[TheMaidenOfSorrow]

I went to a convenience store to get a soda and paid with $50. The lady held it up to the light and told me she couldnt accept this because it didnt have the security strip on it and thus it meant that it was fake. I got this from the bank too!! I thought the old 50's didnt have the strip thingie? Mine is from 1977.

Here's a pic (my scanner keeps cutting off the edges):

Here's a link to a bigger picture: http://i33.tinypic.com/35bw1s1.jpg

authentic??

 

[The Chop Suey]

its def just an old one lol hopefully u can go to the bank and exchange it

 

[lokizz]

you should have put it in the palm of your hand and slapped her with it till she agreed that it was real

 

[juden66]

Thats pretty silly. How old was the lady? You dont see the older bills much anymore and they do look funky but they are still legal.

 

[vagrantpaul]

TIP: Go to the bank and tell them you want to exchange it for one that people think is real currency. They know whats up, if an employee finds it suspect they'll subject it to a test which should be no problem. You'll be able to leave with a crispy new fifty.

 

[guinaevere]

I audited banks in the 90s, and part of the work included counterfeit investigation. The feds taught us how to spot a fake by having us study and understand the entire composition of an authentic bill. Fascinating stuff.


Yes, a bill from the seventies wouldn't have the security strip in it. Without actually holding it in my hands, I couldn't say. Its either my eyes, or your scanner, but the scan didn't appear to pick up the pink threads in the paper weave. If no other vendor accepts it, take it to the bank and ask them to authenticate it and/or swap it for a newer mint.

 

[Chairman_LMAO]

That hilarious. Older bills don't have security strips. Take it to the extreme and sue them for not accepting your bill.

 

[ITDEFX]

Doesn't the secret service get involve in this stuff? You can get counterfits from the bank and they won't know it until someone looks carefully.

 

[Ugamer_X]

[quote name='ITDEFX']Doesn't the secret service get involve in this stuff? You can get counterfits from the bank and they won't know it until someone looks carefully.[/QUOTE]
If one of your students ever asks you a question about anything, don't answer it.

 

[JimmieMac]

[quote name='ITDEFX']Doesn't the secret service get involve in this stuff? You can get counterfits from the bank and they won't know it until someone looks carefully.[/QUOTE]

Every time you get a pay check you are stealing.

 

[Ki77a KiD TRe]

Dumb broad... you should've told her to use the pen or check for the blue and red fibers.

 

[therpson]

Some people don't have such devices, why they are in retail I have no idea.

 

[h3llbring3r]

[quote name='Ki77a KiD TRe']Dumb broad... you should've told her to use the pen or check for the blue and red fibers.[/QUOTE]
Some counterfeit supernotes will pass both those tests.
Take it to a bank and exchange it, they'll send it in for shred- or should.

[quote name='JimmieMac']Every time you get a pay check you are stealing.[/QUOTE]
:lol:

 

[crunchb3rry]

Can't tell if it's fake or not. If you don't want it, I'll take it.

 

[rmb]

I'd say go get a new bill, pull out the strip and go back to that lady and see if she takes the new one without a strip

 

[dv8mad]

I just compared it to the old $50 I have from 1977 and yours must be real because they look exactly the same.
Even those green numbers match, so it's perfect!

 

[sendme]

[quote name='guinaevere']I audited banks in the 90s, and part of the work included counterfeit investigation. The feds taught us how to spot a fake by having us study and understand the entire composition of an authentic bill. Fascinating stuff.


Yes, a bill from the seventies wouldn't have the security strip in it. Without actually holding it in my hands, I couldn't say. Its either my eyes, or your scanner, but the scan didn't appear to pick up the pink threads in the paper weave. If no other vendor accepts it, take it to the bank and ask them to authenticate it and/or swap it for a newer mint.[/QUOTE]

Don't bills have some things on them that scanners wont pick up? I thought on the history channel they said that and that their were other things that normal printers people have wont print.

 

[Dick Tracy]

Here. Lemme see it, for a second...

 

[DuelLadyS]

[quote name='sendme']Don't bills have some things on them that scanners wont pick up? I thought on the history channel they said that and that their were other things that normal printers people have wont print.[/QUOTE]

Exactly- they don't want it to be as easy as scan and print.

The pens don't always work either- not only is the ink not reliable, but these days people bleach the old ink off of ones and print higher denomination bills onto the paper- which, of course, passes the pen test since the paper's real...

According to wikipedia, the strip was brought into the 50s in 1991. Yours wouldn't have one.

I'd start by taking it to a coin shop- older paper currency is rarer than coins, especially large bills. You might get a few bucks more than face value for it. If they aren't interested, then take it to the bank and ask for a newer bill (bring some 20s and get a hundred if you're afraid of them accusing you of counterfeiting.) And be glad that lady wasn't told what I was- we're suppose to seize all counterfeit currency, and sucks to be you that your money's gone. #

 

[QiG]

I think those older ones have a different response to the counterfeit checking pens too, been a while since I've worked in retail but I remember something funny bout it.

 

[Cry Havoc]

[quote name='Ugamer_X']If one of your students ever asks you a question about anything, don't answer it.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='JimmieMac']Every time you get a pay check you are stealing.[/QUOTE]

Am I missing something here?

 

[Liquid 2]

Just spend it somewhere that won't check. It doesn't matter if it's counterfeit or not.