Counterfeit $20's
I was at the bank last week and in talking with the teller I brought up the subject of counterfeit $20 bills which had been in the news lately.
The head teller walked over and asked if I wanted to see one, and handed it to me.
I was surprised at how it looked. I had always assumed it would look new, fresh off the print press or however they make fakes.
It looked old and well used, crumpled and wrinkled, as if it had been in circulation a few years.
The teller said the new fakes are put into washing machines and driers to make them look old, not freshly printed.
When I rubbed it between my thumb and finger it felt slick, kind of like silk, and not like the paper real bills are made from.
And of course holding it up to the light it had none of the security threads, etc of a real bill.
Had I not known this was a counterfeit bill I’d never have given it a second look, while scrutinizing all the brand new looking twenties.
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"It looked old and well used, crumpled and wrinkled, as if it had been in circulation a few years"
I thought that description might have been based on you seeing ret5hd walking around with his bathrobe open.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018933085
The person took the $20 to the bank and the bank told them it was a legal $20.
The bank teller said the cashier had used the wrong pen on it to determine if it was a $20.
Wonder how often that happens? Apparently these chemical ink detector pens marks will turn
brown or black if counterfeit. So use a black pen and get a black mark! Dumb. 
