Innovation does not discriminate between good and bad. A clear example is the advances in the manufacture of banknotes: Governments produce banknotes that are more difficult to counterfeit and “bandits” devise a way to make them more and more similar. That is why the importance of knowing how to recognize a counterfeit bill.
Have they given you counterfeit bills?…I have, and I don’t wish the feeling of impotence on anyone. When we create businesses and see that our effort was paid for with a counterfeit bill, it’s really demotivating.
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Even since it happened to me, I decided to learn how to recognize a counterfeit bill, so that it never happens to me again (hopefully it does) and so that it doesn’t happen to my loved ones.
In general, the markings and details of all banknotes, regardless of the country, are the same:
Characteristics to know how to recognize a counterfeit bill.
- Textures-Reliefs. (If you want to know more about the paper with which they make the bills, click here)
- Color degradation.
- Watermarks.
- Security threads.
- Prints that change colour.
- Micro-texts.
- Hidden images.
- Fluorescent elements to be identified with ultraviolet light.
- Matching elements on the reverse and obverse.
Sure, those are just the features that governments use to make their banknotes harder to counterfeit, but each uses them with some differences.
For this reason we want to share with you how to recognize a counterfeit bill in the main LATAM countries (In random order)
How to recognize a counterfeit bill in:
Argentina.
Peru.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU5P0y-XVYo
Mexico.
Colombia.
Chili.
Ecuador.
We will also include the Euro. I know that it is not part of Latin American territory, but the language unites us.
Either because you take a well-deserved vacation or also because you live there; It doesn’t hurt that you know how to recognize a counterfeit bill.
Spain.
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