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[Martinjmpr]

OK, here's another question: we sold the old washer and dryer for $100 back in January and the guy walks up and hands me a $100 bill. Now I've heard that there is a lot of counterfeiting going on and obviously if you're going to counterfeit, you might as well make it a big bill, right?

Near as I can tell our bill was genuine (at least the bank accepted it) but it got me to wondering....

It occurred to me that buying and selling on CL would be a good way to spread counterfeit money around since it's usually cash transactions with strangers. So does anyone use one of those "counterfeit detector" pens to make sure the bill is genuine?

Except I've heard that there are now some sophisticated counterfeiters who make bills that will pass the "pen test".

[KevDen2005]

OK, here's another question: we sold the old washer and dryer for $100 back in January and the guy walks up and hands me a $100 bill. Now I've heard that there is a lot of counterfeiting going on and obviously if you're going to counterfeit, you might as well make it a big bill, right?

Near as I can tell our bill was genuine (at least the bank accepted it) but it got me to wondering....

It occurred to me that buying and selling on CL would be a good way to spread counterfeit money around since it's usually cash transactions with strangers. So does anyone use one of those "counterfeit detector" pens to make sure the bill is genuine?

Except I've heard that there are now some sophisticated counterfeiters who make bills that will pass the "pen test".

I've actually seen more small bills being counterfeited, $10 and $20. Sometimes a $100. Smaller bills are less suspicious. If you use a pen I have been told the counterfeiters are putting chemicals on the bills to make the pen take longer to show effect or not work at all. I always check for the security strip. It will tell you the actual amount of the bill you have...say if a $10 bill was bleached and turned into a hundred dollar bill. The security strip will still say $10. Most bills I have seen are obvious in a number of ways though.

[brutal]

OK, here's another question: we sold the old washer and dryer for $100 back in January and the guy walks up and hands me a $100 bill. Now I've heard that there is a lot of counterfeiting going on and obviously if you're going to counterfeit, you might as well make it a big bill, right?

Near as I can tell our bill was genuine (at least the bank accepted it) but it got me to wondering....

It occurred to me that buying and selling on CL would be a good way to spread counterfeit money around since it's usually cash transactions with strangers. So does anyone use one of those "counterfeit detector" pens to make sure the bill is genuine?

Except I've heard that there are now some sophisticated counterfeiters who make bills that will pass the "pen test".

I do, always. Even for a $20 deal.

I accepted 84 $100 bills for my jetski's and checked every damn one of them before that trailer got hooked up.

FYI, I use the chemical/UV pen. The silver strips in the bills glow a specific color for each denomination.