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If it looks real to you its gonna look real to the guy who you are gonna buy something from, I think I saw something like 1% of the hundreds are fake, you already had dozens of them and passed them along without a blink.

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was this on the news?

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Fake $100's are pretty common, you've probably got them and used them a ton. Google "superdollar" for more information.

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http://www.detecting.org.uk/html/Sup...nd_Frauds.html

"Currently, it is estimated that 1 in 10,000 bills is a super note" Thats 0.01% and there is not as much fake 1$ as there are fakes 100$.

So I guess its still about 1% or more. Dont worry too much about fake bills, if you cant spot them, the guy who will take you order at mcdonalds wont have a clue either.

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... Dont worry too much about fake bills, if you cant spot them, the guy who will take you order at mcdonalds wont have a clue either.

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You would try to pass a $100 bill at McDonalds?!!? I thought they call in the VP of Operations if someone tries to buy a Big Mac with a C-note. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

~ Rick

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well you see what I mean, just even get it to any craps table they ll get you chips and wont give a [censored]

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This sounds reasonable.

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Just a word of caution, I recently had a casino reject a fake new-style 100 that I'm 99% certain they gave me 3 days before when I cashed out (since I keep my gambling bankroll separate and I had just had a big cashout a few days earlier, and I put recent money on top and take it off the top).

Also, they kept the bill, so I was out $100 (and went in their records for trying to pass counterfeit).

By the way, I remember the bill felt kind of funny in my hand, as someone mentioned above. Like it was too thick or something.

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I always look for the red and blue threads in the paper.


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A good tip in general, but I'm not sure it would not help in this specific case.

The multicolor threads were added after 1981 (1990 or so).

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You would try to pass a $100 bill at McDonalds?!!? I thought they call in the VP of Operations if someone tries to buy a Big Mac with a C-note. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Back in my mute non-balla days, I remember going to Vegas and being weirded out that the ATMs dispensed $100s. Then I used one to buy a Beef 'n Cheddar at Arby's. They weren't even mildly phased, and I don't believe they checked it.

Anyway, our economy is built on counterfeit money, has been for centuries. It spends the same. What, you think our Federal Reserve Notes are backed by anything? Money is a societal construct. It's worth what you can convince somebody it is, no matter who made it.

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update: passed the hundo to a chip runner with no issues. I think it was prob real. If not, maybe I'll get it back on my next cashout [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]