The two important rules are:
1) DO NOT RETURN IT TO THE CUSTOMER
2) CALL YOUR LOCAL SECRET SERVICE BRANCH
http://www.secretservice.gov/money_receive.shtml
Tonight we got a suspect counterfeit: a series 1977 $100 bill. The marker showed black, but as there is no security thread on any $100 bill pre-1990 or watermark pre-1996 there is nothing that can be checked except to see if 1) the paper feels authentic and 2) if there are small red and blue fibers embedded in the paper (both of which are easy to duplicate with today's technology.)
The customer made so much of a scene though that the manager caved in and gave the bill back to the customer. If the bill actually was counterfeit, this would be incredibly illegal.
1) DO NOT RETURN IT TO THE CUSTOMER
2) CALL YOUR LOCAL SECRET SERVICE BRANCH
http://www.secretservice.gov/money_receive.shtml
Tonight we got a suspect counterfeit: a series 1977 $100 bill. The marker showed black, but as there is no security thread on any $100 bill pre-1990 or watermark pre-1996 there is nothing that can be checked except to see if 1) the paper feels authentic and 2) if there are small red and blue fibers embedded in the paper (both of which are easy to duplicate with today's technology.)
The customer made so much of a scene though that the manager caved in and gave the bill back to the customer. If the bill actually was counterfeit, this would be incredibly illegal.
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