Lesson 3.2. Counterfeiting Flashcards
is the act of imitating money, passport, stamps, label, etc, in irder to defraud a bank, company and other government agencies.
COUNTERFEITING
what are the Features In Central Bank Notes
· Paper
· Color of each denomination
· Portrait
· Vignette
· Metallic Thread
· Watermarks
· Distinctive Feel
· Cleanliness of print
· Style and size of serial number
· Colored fibers
· Lacework Design
How to Detect Genuine Money?
The portrait appears life-like and the eyes sparkle.
Watermark design is the same as the colored portrait which is discernible when viewed with the aid of transmitted light.
The note has polychrome background with one predominant color for each denomination.
Prefix letter and numbers are clearly printed and have a peculiar style and uniformity in size and thickness.
The colored fibers can be picked off by means of any pointed instrument.
Lines are clear and sharp.
How to Detect Counterfeit Money?
The paper is generally smooth brought about by straight photographic copying.
Geometric patterns which is the lacework are blurred, tough on edges and blotted.
Metallic thread was printed on the paper of the note on the inner side of the paper.
When coins, it feels greasy and slimy.
What to consider Examination of Genuine and Counterfeit Money of
BANK NOTES
Distinctive Feel
Portrait
Watermark
Metallic Thread
Colored fibers
Lacework Design
Color of the Denomination
Serial Number
Vignette
Cleanness of Print-
In genuine money, the fingers will readily feel the main prints on the front and back. This is due to the measurable thickness of the ink deposited on the paper which gives the prints an embossed effect, while, in counterfeit the fingers hardly feel the prints because it is generally smooth brought about by straight photographic copying.
Distinctive Feel
Take note that in genuine money the portrait appears life-like and the eyes sparkle. The tiny dots and lines forming the details of the face, hair, etc. are clear, sharp and well-defined and the portrait stands out distinctively from the background. Examine the background which I composed of multi-colored fine pattern of lines in varying tones and shades interlacing with each other. In counterfeit money bill, the portrait appears “lifeless”. The face and or forehead are often unnaturally white or pale due to absence of most details. The portrait appears pale and as a result, blurred, dull, smudgy and poorly printed. The multi-colored prints on genuine notes are extremely difficult to duplicate, counterfeit notes are usually off-color and not of the right shade or tone.
Portrait
The watermark underneath the security lacework on the right hand side of the note is the same as the colored portrait. Sharp details of the outline or the light and shadow effect are discernible with the aid of a transmitted light while in counterfeit, coarse or harsh or irregular are very obvious.
Watermark
These are a special thread placed vertically on the paper during manufacture and on the surface of the paper where the thread is located are patterns of vertical lines. In counterfeit bill, the metallic thread is faked by means of printing on the back of the note, or on the inner side of the paper.
Metallic Thread
Colored fibers are scattered at random on both surface of the paper and can be readily picked off by any pointed instrument, while in counterfeit bill, colored fibers are simulated by printed lines and cannot be picked off. In fact it can easily be erased with ordinary rubber eraser or agitating with wet fingers.
Colored fibers
lacework designs are geometric patterns which can be found along the border of both surfaces, embellishing the portrait, value panel and vignette and under the legend “Ang Bagong Lipunan”. They are multi-colored and composed of sharp lines which are continuous and traceable even in the joints. In counterfeit money bill, the lacework design is often blurred, rough on the edges and blotched on the joints, continuity cannot be traced and the colors appear faded.
Lacework Design
Genuine notes possess polychrome background with one predominant color for each denomination, whereas, in counterfeit notes there is an irregular sputtering of white spot caused by non-registry or breaks of the background tints.
Color of the Denomination
In genuine notes, the prefix letters and numbers are clearly printed and have a peculiar style, uniformity in size and thickness. Spacing of the numbers is uniform and alignment is even. The letter and numbers in counterfeit money are poorly printed, usually of different style and are not evenly spaced. Poor alignment is obviously observed, thickness is irregular and in certain cases shaded on the curves.
Serial Number
-In examining the vignette of genuine and counterfeit bills, lines and dots composing the vignette must be observed. In genuine notes, vignette are fine, distinct and sharp and of varying color tone that gives a bold look to the picture while in counterfeit, there is no variation of color tones so that the picture appears flat.
Vignette
In genuine notes, the registry of the different printed features are clean and sharp with no blurs cling to the side, while a spurious note exhibits a “second hand” look-dirty due to sputtering of ink on the interior area. Instantly, over inked areas are visible, the shading and ornamentations of letters and figures are thick and merged.
Cleanness of Print
