Super Picture of a Supernote (Counterfeit $)
Well we can end SOME speculation on was a supernot looks like. Here ya go!
Supernote shown below: HA! Look at that signature - John Snow. Secretary 2003-2006. Definitely the new series.
Supernote is lower bill
The Daily NK reports "In order to confirm whether or not recently North Korean counterfeit dollar bills are circulating, DailyNK purchased a super-note from a governmental trader in North Korea again following last January. “The counterfeit dollar bills made in 2001 begin with the serial number ‘C’, and most elaborate ones made in 2003 begin with ‘D’. The counterfeit dollar bills beginning with ‘D’ is most circulating super-notes”. Subsequently, he said that, “Because the U.S plans to issue new 100 dollar bills, the great quantity of the counterfeit dollar bills is very likely to be distributed and circulated”.
Apparently a supernote costs $70 to purchase. Of interest - in N Korea, these supernotes are called "income currency". The N Korean won (dollar) is so low in value and it takes so many to haul around, merchants have taken to using the counterfeit money because they know the value and it takes fewer to make a transaction.
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Mike Hornbrook, a CBC journalist on the ground in Lebanon, has popped in here at Snapped Shot, and informs us from on the ground in Lebanon, that there are no indications that Hezbullah is handing out counterfeit money:With all respect to bloggers who -
Response: Robert Levinson: Supernote connection?Robert Levinson, missing in Iran.The "missing American" in Iran has been identified as former FBI agent Robert A. Levinson, who, as "John Doe" over at Jawa points out, seems to have been visiting Kish Island, a "free-trade" resort area off of the southwes
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Response: Dude, You're Getting a Dell (And Jail!)Déjà vu! This is quite reminiscent of Snapped Shot's early days:—It would seem that an Iranian counterfeit ring thought that counterfeiting $100 bills is as easy as buying a Dell and a printer:Click to zoom. More pictures of this bang-up job here.
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[checks source article]
Ah... apparently so.
And before anyone points to the fact that the 0 (second S/N digit) on the bill is slightly out of alignment high, let me be quick to assure you (as a bank teller for 7 years) that it's well within the range of normal currency variations. The serial numbers are on rotating print heads, much like your car's odometer, and slight misalignments are common.
The US Bureau of Engraving & Printing doesn't normally scrap notes unless the digit is rotated so far that part of another number is visible.
Although some of these DO make it into circulation from time to time. I've spotted 2, myself, over the years.