Printing Money

robert 14617 said:

its not a felony to destroy money

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It is illegal to destroy or deface US Currency. Google it, or visit Bankrate.com for more info. I believe Congress had to act because of the penney. It takes more cost to press than the penney is worth for face value. If melted, the penney as scrap copper becomes worth something like 1.7 cents. You could almost double your money by melting down US Pennies. I may be wrong on the reasoning, but I did Google the law and it is indeed illegal.

Dominathan said:

Wanna stop being a hater? I figured there were people who were genuinely curious about this, and I could answer their questions on it. I believe that knowledge is always a good thing, whether it's applied or not. If you don't want to learn about this, don't flame me for helping other people. And no, hypothetical situations are NOT illegal. Thank God I live in a country where suspicion alone doesn't constitute a crime.

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You can hypothetically discuss this all you want to, but you'll want to take it elsewhere. The discussion of breaking the law is not permitted in the forums. I'm glad you find printing money to be a hobby that you enjoy. Discussing methods to print currency, deface currency, or pass counterfeit currency is just a step from conspiracy to commit a felony.

DSB65 said:

so you want to print fake 10s to spend at mcdonalds and the dollar store....you sound like a big time criminal...

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Sounds more like someone aching to test our laws... Those underage minimum wage workers will bust him sooner or later.

i'm thinking that this thread might bring unwanted attention to riu.

Title 18 United States Code, Section 331

Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes,
falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of
the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current
or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States;
or

Whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells,
or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the
United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced,
mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened -

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both
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no i think its ok to destroy it

Serapis said:

Sounds more like someone aching to test our laws... Those underage minimum wage workers will bust him sooner or later.

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Believe what you want, but the best way to spot fake currency is to have a deep understanding of it and how it's made. There are ever so slight indicators that you wouldn't think to look for unless you knew the process. Knowledge isn't illegal, my friend. You are entitled to your own opinion, but please stop judging others on the law. Your a member of a board called "Roll it up - The Marijuana Source".

kevin said:

i'm thinking that this thread might bring unwanted attention to riu.

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Let's just ignore the thousands of threads devoted to the illegal growing, consumption, and sales of Marijuana though? Come on man, you should really understand. You live in Texas, a state where possession of small amounts of MJ isn't decriminalized, and you're telling ME that this is illegal? There's nothing illegal about this discussion. All I'm trying to do is help people out.

DSB65 said:

so you want to print fake 10s to spend at mcdonalds and the dollar store....you sound like a big time criminal...

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Stop trolling.

so what are some of the ways to identify this fake money?? if you are trying to educate then educate. I worked retail and i have spotted a few fake hundos, but tens never, then again never bothered to check em.

EvolAlex said:

so what are some of the ways to identify this fake money?? if you are trying to educate then educate. I worked retail and i have spotted a few fake hundos, but tens never, then again never bothered to check em.

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Well, you know those pens that people use to detect counterfeits? Counterfeit bills can just be sprayed with hairspray to pass that test. However, the hairspray really can't go over the ENTIRE bill. I'd recommend making marks on the backside, near the corners.

Another good way is the "smear" technique. Just keep a napkin on hand. Rub the bill pretty hard on the napkin. You might see some ink rub off and onto the napkin, but this doesn't verify it'[s authenticity. Check the bill itself. If the ink smeared on the bill AT ALL, it's a fake. Real US dollars are made with ink that will never smear onto the bill.

Another trick that most people don't know about is using a blacklight. There is a security strip embedded in all bills largerthan a $2 bill, that shows in a different color under a blacklight. $5 bill glows blue; the $10 bill glows orange, the $20 bill glows green, the $50 bill glows yellow, and the $100 bill glows red.

The last resort is to simply feel the front of the bill, especially where the portrait is. You'll notice slight ridges on a real bill, but the cannot be duped on fake bills.

Hope you found this helpful, thanks!

It is NOT Illegal to Deface, destroy or mutilate Federal reserve notes. Its only illegal to do that if the intent is to defraud another and gain benefit from it. So go ahead and burn those Benjamins to light your Blunt, nothing illegal about it at all. Besides, the US Government does not issue dollars, a private corporation does.

(Text as of 2/19/02) 18 U.S.C. §331:

Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled or lightened - shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

you know that this is morally wrong right? and your being extremely greedy with your life in this world and it will all catch up to you one day. You claim that its not wrong because gov. prints money. but what about the people that you scam? they cant turn right around and spend that money they have to eat there loses, your pretty much stealing there money. Also my mom was fooled with 2 20 dollar bills that were printed on 5 dollar bills, she knew it but the bitches ran away. I always believed that everyperson deep down was a good person and everyone would make it to heaven. But i recently realized that theres people that are extremely greedy and have no care for other people in this world that they hurt, those people are definitely going under to meet the devil.

YungMune said:

you know that this is morally wrong right? and your being extremely greedy with your life in this world and it will all catch up to you one day. You claim that its not wrong because gov. prints money. but what about the people that you scam? they cant turn right around and spend that money they have to eat there loses, your pretty much stealing there money. Also my mom was fooled with 2 20 dollar bills that were printed on 5 dollar bills, she knew it but the bitches ran away. I always believed that everyperson deep down was a good person and everyone would make it to heaven. But i recently realized that theres people that are extremely greedy and have no care for other people in this world that they hurt, those people are definitely going under to meet the devil.

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Calm down there shooter, I have never, and will never, tried to pass fake money off as real money.

Its also a felony if you get caught trying to spend counterfit bills.

Balzac89 said:

Its also a felony if you get caught trying to spend counterfit bills.

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you'll be calling the feds who kick down your door for counterfeiting bills "haters" as well one supposes... well good luck to you fool...

Repeat: I have never, and will never tried to pass off fake money as real. What is wrong with discussing counterfeit money on a business board?

for one thing what does it have to do with business??? what exact business is one to transact with counterfeit money?

Any business that receives money. AKA any business. There were a lot stronger arguments than that, bro.

Parker Brothers prints their own money for the Monopoly game, your not doing anything different.