My mom got this $5 bill from selling fruit. It has no security strip on left hand side and when you hold it up to light you don't see the mans face and most of all its a little bit smaller in size than a regular $5 bill. What should I do with it?
If it was marked with the URL for this site, the odds are it's an older $5 note. Notes can shrink as well. Enter the SN here, as dr did input many known counterfeit serial numbers.
As a last resort, take it to a bank, or the police.
and yeah, if it's counterfeit… you are stuck with it – especially now since you have revealed to all that you suspect it. :) i think it's only a crime to knowingly pass bad money…
this also makes me wonder about all the places that have signs up saying "because of counterfeiting, we do not accept $50s or $100s". all that tells a counterfeiter is that there is no training of the staff to spot bad money and so they can safely pass all the 5s 10s and 20s they want (which, by the way, the the most often counterfeited…)
I added it and it didn't say it was conterfeit…but like I said its missing the security things that I listed above.
the note you entered was a 2002 issue which did not yet have the advanced security measures. it still would have the iridescent maple leaves and you will see to the left of the portrait, some funky markings in a dark blue strip that mesh into the numeral 5 only when you look at a very low angle from the bottom of the note (cant see this from a perpendicular view). it would also have the ultraviolet markings that were placed on those issues so find a blacklight or ultraviolet lamp and look for them – it may just be legit – a bank could certainly tell you.
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