The new paper of $2,000 came to light for the first time this Monday and will begin to be present, little by little, in all ATMs. What do you need to know so you don’t get scammed with counterfeit bills.
The $2,000 bill, which began to hit the streets this Monday, has strict security measures, as is the case with all denominations in circulation. These are some elements that seek to help the user to differentiate the original papers from the fake ones.
And, as reported by Central Bank (BCRA), In the case of the new banknote with a higher denomination from Argentina, “the watermark that reproduces the portraits of Ramón Carrillo and Cecilia Grierson and the optical variability ink that changes color generating a three-dimensional effect stand out.” In addition, it includes microprints, latent image, front-back complementation motif, and magnetic, infrared, and luminescent inks.
The portraits, the denomination and the texts present relief perceptible to the touch and the initials RA can be seen when viewing the note in grazing light at the lower right corner of the obverse. However, they are not the only measures that this new paper contains. If not, it contains many more, as detailed in the following graph:
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In addition, for people with blindness, this ticket incorporates a new identification code with relief perceptible to the touch on the vertical edges.
All these instruments aim to guarantee the user security and protect it against the eventual appearance of false replicas of this new denomination, so it is very important to be aware of them and pay attention to them, especially in a first stage in which the bill is little known to most users.
Source: Ambito
