Banknotes of the Modern World - Security features

Security features Fraud

Examples of fraud

A warning and a reminder I'll try to exhibit here different kinds of fake money, but it's very difficult to find such information. Please, keep in mind, that it is a criminal offence not only to use fake money, but also to own such money when you know that it is a fake.
"Converting" one currency into another This kind of fraud appeared in the 1990ies, soon after Argentina refused from it's currency unit "AUSTRAL" in favour of the "peso". The notes in australes had the name of the country written on the very edge of the banknote on both sides, and the counterfeiters simply cut it away:

On the larger images you can see that counterfeiters added the date (1996), "DM" mark over the kipp effect with "BCRA" inscription, and the false Deutsche Bundesbank cliche. Thus the banknote had all the security features to check (watermarks, "hair", raised printing, etc.), but when people never knew what the German marks looked like, they could take this for a genuine german note of 1996 (that year Germany introduced 50, 100 and 200 DEM notes with enhanced security features). Sad, but true...
Other ways of counterfeiting I'll try to exhibit here different kinds of fake money, but it's very difficult to find such information. If you can donate images of fake money, I would be really grateful. Thus you will not only help enriching this site, but also help warning the people and make them aware of possible danger.