I’ve heard the NK origin stories before too. It’s not that hard to print fakes. Luckily it’s hard to spend cash here in the good-ole US of A. Otherwise every 14 year old boy with access to a scanner and an inkjet printer would be a millionaire.
I guess it’s not as difficult to spend cash overseas.
I’m a printer and I have people ask me once in a while how hard is it to counterfeit? I ask them who are they trying to fool? The checkout clerk at the gas station, or the Federal Reserve? It’s not making the fakes that’s difficult. It’s spending enough of them before you go to jail to make it worth doing that is difficult. They will catch you. You will go to jail. It’s just a matter of time.
Excellent answer!
You might also point out that the new printers and copiers that they bought have software that detects attempts to copy/print banknotes, and will tattle on them...
Many businesses where I shop will routinely swipe some kind of felt-tip marker across the paper of the bill. So there is some kind of chemistry test, too.
I’m a printer and I have people ask me once in a while how hard is it to counterfeit? I ask them who are they trying to fool?
I was looking at purchasing a ‘huge’ networked laser copier a few years ago and the tech told me that there is software in it to recognize if money was copied - after the third attempt, the machine calls the FBI.
Not sure if this is urban legend, but thought it interesting...
How about printing 50 Euro bills? I have a few and those look very complex. Is it possible to recreate those?