Counterfeit money is not a joke. Ask the Secret Service.
There are several possibilities with this situation, as I see it:
1) Kid found the bill like he said.
2) Kid got the bill innocently from someone else and he is protecting him/her.
3) Kid got the bill from counterfeiter and was passing it.
4) Kid is the counterfeiter.
I spent a $10 bill a couple weeks ago and the guy at the counter swiped it with the pen. It was the first time I’d ever seen someone test a bill smaller than a $20, so I asked if people were counterfeiting tens now. He answered, “Yes, and fives, too.”
I take that as a sign of how bad the economy is, that people are counterfeiting five and tens.
I would like to see an image of this bill, or at least know how it was produced. It used to be that counterfeiters actually made printing plates which is why they only did larger bills.
Now anyone with a good laser printer can make passable currency.
I take that as a sign of how bad the economy is, that people are counterfeiting five and tens.
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It’s also an indicator that technology is making counterfeiting cheaper.