Most often, rubles, dollars and euros are in circulation in Russia. If you are careful and take your time when receiving money, you can immediately identify a counterfeit bill and avoid an unpleasant situation in the future.
Instructions
Step 1
Examine the bill for light, especially looking at the watermark.
Thousand-ruble bills are most often counterfeited. On real money, the color distribution is uneven - there are both lighter and darker areas with a smooth transition from one to another. On fakes, the watermark is usually monochromatic - very dark. When examining the five-thousandth banknote in the margins, you can see watermarks in the form of the number 5000 and a portrait of Muravyov-Amursky. They have areas that are lighter or darker than the background, as if flowing into one another.
The obverse of dollars issued after 1996 has a watermark depicting the president on the right. US money printed before 1996 is protected only by special “money” paper with variegated fibers. Therefore, they are often faked.
Several shades of gray are clearly visible on the euro watermark. One tone suggests that you have a counterfeit bill in front of you.
Step 2
Check if the color changes when the bill is tilted.
On the thousand-ruble banknote, the bear - the coat of arms of Yaroslavl - should turn from crimson to green. On the five-thousandth banknote, the coat of arms of Khabarovsk changes color from crimson to golden-green, and dark letters PP become visible on the ornamental ribbon, which brighten with a slight turn.
On dollars at different angles, the numbers change from green to black.
Color-changing ink is used when printing Euro 50 and above banknotes. At a right angle, the numbers on the field look purple, and under a sharp one - brown or olive.
Step 3
Find microtext.
Through a magnifying glass on the five-thousandth banknote, you can see a line from the number 5,000 and the abbreviation of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
On dollars, in the same way, inside the numbers, you can see the inscription USA and the numbers indicating the denomination, and on the frame of the portrait - microprinting.
Microtext is not used in euro; it is worth paying attention to the holograms and a protective mother-of-pearl strip with the denomination and the image of the euro symbol.
Step 4
Take a closer look at the security thread.
On counterfeit rubles, the thread always goes over the numbers.
The security thread of real dollars is printed with the letters USA, the denomination and a simplified image of the American flag. However, there is no thread on banknotes issued before 1990.
The security thread on the euro, in contrast to the threads on the rubles and dollars, is visible not only in the light and does not contain any inscriptions.
Step 5
Feel the seal.
A thousand and five thousand rubles have a "relief". On the thousandth banknote, you can find microperforations, the holes in which should look even in the light. The bill should not be rough. The five thousandth banknote has a convex sign for visually impaired people (three stripes and two dots) and the inscription “Ticket of the Bank of Russia”.
You can “feel” the entire black (front) side of the dollar. Gravure printing is especially felt on the dark elements of the portrait. By the way, this paint is magnetic.
In the euro, the line with the abbreviation ECB is recognized by touch in five languages.
