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I've always wondered what incentive counterfeiters even have for trying to copy these new bills. I have several $100 bills from around 20 years ago that I keep
by capecodcarl 13y ago
I've always wondered what incentive counterfeiters even have for trying to copy these new bills. I have several $100 bills from around 20 years ago that I keep in a safe as an emergency reserve and they're still legal tender as far as I know. Why wouldn't counterfeiters just continue to counterfeit the older bills?
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoI think that the anti counterfeiters are planning decades ahead with each revision. Even the older Benjis are still very hard to counterfeit - all of these new changes are targeted almost exclusively at North Korea's advanced counterfeiting program. So decades ahead.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoAre you referring to the Superdollar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoYep! :) The North Korean (supposed) counterfeiting operation is pretty fascinating all around.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoMost one hundred dollar bills are used overseas, where your old ones wouldn't be accepted in most places but a careful bank. Even in the USA, merchants will refuse bills that they aren't comfortable verifying.