31 replies to this topic

[beardednose]

Yeah, me too, but I'll bleach a George and see what happens. Never thot of actually testing the bleach. Good new is, thou, that my bank will take the $1 and exchange after the experiment is done!

Stay tuned.

[nolimit]

take some pics, if it works out I might be interested. Can use it on stupid teenagers and shit.

[Warlord_David]

ohhhhh yea lol hey, ill trade you this $100 bill, for your $20

[this guy]

does anyone know why the original post said bleached $5's instead of $1's? is it a different paper or just the people who tried it were stupid?

[nolimit]

There's a small strip across any bills above 1$, which read US MINT etc.
It's a protection mechanism, and is checked frequently when making transactions.

[Warlord_David]

*bump* BN? Did it work?

[jay4662002]

does anyone know why the original post said bleached $5's instead of $1's? is it a different paper or just the people who tried it were stupid?

there is a security strip on the left side of the bill as in all denomanations above $5 so the security bar is there only it says five instead of 100 lol

[ttwolve22]

does this apply to canada too, is it possible to use photoshop to edit money with an american version of photoshop? and about the feel, it is real, my sister is a chasier and once busted some 12 year old kid trying to use a fake 5$ bill lol, i couldnt stop laughing after i heard the story.

[IcedOut3E]

does this apply to canada too, is it possible to use photoshop to edit money with an american version of photoshop? and about the feel, it is real, my sister is a chasier and once busted some 12 year old kid trying to use a fake 5$ bill lol, i couldnt stop laughing after i heard the story.

No you can't use photoshop, they started implementing counterfiet measures in like 6.0. Basically it can detect if your trying to counterfit something. I don't know how good it works though?

[linux_dude]

Old thread but I can't believe no one explained how those pens work.

It IS the paper that's special, though you can chemically treat any paper to pass that dumb marker test.

Those pens contain an iodine based ink. Most/All paper used for printing is just cheap compressed wood pulp, which has a high starch content. Thus, when you run the iodine over the starch, it reacts and turns a dark violet/black.

Now, what about the paper used to print money? Well, it's not paper at all, but much closer to cloth, which isn't made from crushed cellular material, so it has minimal starch content.

Now, what's fun and not at all illegal?

Go to your bank and get a whole load of $2 bills. Buy some spray on starch, the type you use when you iron, and spray it on nice and thick on the bills and iron them. Then go somewhere and buy something for $50 or so, and break out the bills. :-)

Most people have no clue that $2 exist, and they'll be a helluva alot more confused when they run their little pen over it.

[Spookie]

Just a quick comment - Be careful those Secret Service guys have little to no sense of humor when it comes to counterfeit bills. One a slightly different note, if you ever watch a teller count cash you'll notice shes basically rubbing her fingers on the paper. When a bill feels different -she stops and puts it to the side. The bill is checked later for authenticity.

Now the best bills supposedly out there are the superbills. Some say there so good it fools even the professionals.

[Axl]

damn !! i live in israel so i tried to bleach out 20 shekels bill...
the paper disolved !#!%!%!@$%!@#%@#%
damn it ! 4 points something dollars went do the drain =\

[linux_dude]

Eh, I guess, I removed that part, but I'm leaving the part about what the pens are in. That's just a dumb company trick.

[Warlord_David]

I'm bring this topic alive once again because of one reason. Apparently yesterday morning someone did bring in a bleached $5 posing as a $100 and he/she got it through (I work at a retail store). But still once again as said last year in a previous post, no one gave detail how to create such. Do I just take a bucket of bleach and throw some $5 bills in there? Any help here?

[Digital_Spirit]

I can hear the Secret Service agents on the roof now grappling hooks in hand.