[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/feat...6_61496&page=1


Oh and just try scanning a $20 and see what happens.

[Spheric Harlot]

thanks for the Saturday read!

[dodo_nutter]

What does happen when you scan a $20 bill?? Im in england and i don't have a scanner

[Spheric Harlot]

According to the article, the BoC has been experimenting with photochromatic ink that deteriorates when scanned or photocopied...is it applied in the new $20s?

[Gankdawg]

I think you mean counterfeiting

[dreilly1]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
According to the article, the BoC has been experimenting with photochromatic ink that deteriorates when scanned or photocopied...is it applied in the new $20s?

Self-destructing cash? Are you sure that's not just a nasty rumor (or, in this case, rumour) circulated by Canadian credit card companies?

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by dreilly1:
Self-destructing cash? Are you sure that's not just a nasty rumor (or, in this case, rumour) circulated by Canadian credit card companies?

Hey, all I have is the same article you have.

Normal users shouldn't really be inconvenienced by ink that deteriorates when exposed to scanner or photocopier lights...it would rather suck if you couldn't leave them lying about in the sun, though.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
I think you mean counterfeiting

Canadians attending a counter-fitting:
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[residentEvil]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Hey, all I have is the same article you have.

Normal users shouldn't really be inconvenienced by ink that deteriorates when exposed to scanner or photocopier lights...it would rather suck if you couldn't leave them lying about in the sun, though.

you have habit of just leaving your money outside in the sun?

[ReggieX]

Cool article, SWG.

And Spheric, you're very "on" today. LOL.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Originally posted by dodo_nutter:
What does happen when you scan a $20 bill?? Im in england and i don't have a scanner

Photoshop will bitch at you for even trying and not allow you to.

Most scanners & inkjets have Counterfeiting protection built right into the unit, it is something the companies don't like to talk about.

[wataru]

Even regular photocopiers have had that for years, apparently. It's not news.

Another interesting anti-counterfeiting device is the "EURion constellation." It's a specific pattern of five circles that supposedly was originally introduced in the Euro. It's easily recognizable by software. They have it in the new US$20 bills, too--look at the part with all the little "20"s. The "0"s are forming the EURion. Linkage

[faragbre967]

So then, does anyone know which scanners don't care? Time to bust out GIMP instead of PS.

[John V. Smith]

my computer did the same thing when I tried to scan a recent photo of Mike Wallace

[SafariX]

Great read, thanks for the link.

[CMYKid]

Originally posted by dreilly1:
Self-destructing Ca$h? Are you sure that's not just a nasty rumor?

hmmm, isn't that what we've been witnessing here in the Lounge for years?

[Eriamjh]

Originally posted by John V. Smith:
my computer did the same thing when I tried to scan a recent photo of Mike Wallace

Yeah. He's pretty scary looking. We don't want any more pictures of him going around.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by dreilly1:
Self-destructing cash? Are you sure that's not just a nasty rumor (or, in this case, rumour) circulated by Canadian credit card companies?

I'm still dreaming of it...



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[DeathToWindows]

that was a great read... the sort of thing the NYTimes does in the sunday magazine. Many thanks.

[Atomic Rooster]

Man...that was like reading War and Peace but it was a good read.

He'll probably get rich with his book and a movie deal.

Interesting side note is that up to 30% of American bank notes floating around in foreign countries is counterfeit.

Colombia is the second major supplier of American currency after the U.S.

[Shaddim]

Good read. I've got a counterfeit US $20 that I got from a local gas station. It felt "odd" when I inspected it later that day (though it looked ok, watermarks and all), so I segregated it and studied it later that night. It really is very well made, I showed it to an FBI friend of mine and he said it was what is commonly referred to as a "super bill". Made on a real press with real security ink on premium archival papers (even has fake "silk" threads). Other than the stock being just a tad too heavy (which is why it felt odd), it's almost completely indistinguishable from actual currency. Later, I went back to the store that I got it from and showed it to them, just in the hopes of educating them a bit on how to detect this type of fake note (part of my civic duty).

I suppose I should have turned it in, but it makes a great bookmark (and conversation piece).

[Lancer409]

wow ... gonna take another look at my money the next time i leave the atm

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by Lancer409:
wow ... gonna take another look at my money the next time i leave the atm

Actually, the ATM is probably the only place where you DON'T have to take a closer look at your bills.