The growing demand for the dollar and restrictions for access give rise to falsifications, find out how to avoid them.
In Argentina it is The purchase of dollars is increasingly common As a savings method. Given the latent threat of an uncontrolled devaluation or inflation, the US currency remains safer than many available financial instruments. As access is partially restricted, the easiest thing is to buy Physical dollar in the informal market.
This way of treasure savings has great danger: exposure to false tickets. Therefore, official institutions, both from the United States and Argentina, are constantly making reports to publicize the easiest way of verify if the specimens are genuine or false. And this information is important for savers.
False dollars
The most effective security measures to recognize a false dollar
To avoid unnecessary alarms, it is important to notice that there are different versions of the same tickets. Every time the Federal Reserve (Fed) or the Office of Engraving and Printing (BEP) renew the designs, try to exchange the oldest, but anyway, they remain of a legal course. Therefore, it is not necessary to worry about having an older one.
That said, there are ways to verify the bills that are universal:
- Relief printing: When passing the fingers on the surface of the ticket, you must feel rough, due to the impression and composition of the paper.
- Security thread: The dollar must be sustained back to see a security thread in the denominations of US $ 5 onwards. It is in a different position in each specimen and illuminates when it is held before the light.
- Water brand: To the right of each ticket, on its obverse, an image equal to that of the portrait must be seen against light, which can be seen on both sides of the paper.
- Ink that changes color: By tilting the ticket, both in the numbers of the lower right corner, as in the bell in the inkwell, the ink must change green to ocher, depending on the light. This happens from the denomination of 10us $ onwards.
- 3D Security Band: In the US $ 100 ticket, it is woven in the paper. Images of bells and numbers are seen that move from one place to another.
- Micro -prigned: It is a security feature present in several places in the denominations of US $ 5 onwards. These small printed words correspond to the denomination or are phrases such as “The United States of America”, “USA” or “E Pluribus unum”.
- Red and blue fibers: The role of genuine currency has small red and blue security fibers throughout the ticket.
Source: Ambito
