Week 1 - Money Systems

Question 1

What are the Euro Note features?

Answer 1

• 13 Digit Serial Number
• Sequential notes are 9 Digits apart (XXX81 –> XXX90)
• Letter Code of Central Bank which issued it
• Signature changes with ECB president

Question 2

How can the Signature of the Euro bank note help?

Answer 2

• Indicates a timeframe of the production of the note
• when suspect says the bank notes sit there since years

Question 3

How can the serial number of the euro bank note help us?

Answer 3

If there are a lot of sequential bank notes in a pile of cash, they probably are related

Question 4

What are stored value cards?

Answer 4

• A pre-paid debit card
• minimal ID required
• can be used everywhere - online and offline
• threshold of 50K if fully identified
• limit of 2.5K per year