Feature Currency Document For Free

Watermarks, security threads, color-shifting ink, special paper, signatures, the US Seal, and unique numbering all help to determine the authenticity of a note. Despite all efforts to prevent counterfeiting, counterfeiters in the US and abroad produce currency and put it into circulation.

Here is a list of eight ways to tell if a bill is real or counterfeit: Color-shifting Ink.Watermark.Blurry Borders, Printing, or Text.Raised Printing.Security Thread with Microprinting.Ultraviolet Glow.Red and Blue Threads.Serial Numbers.

Micro-printing can be found around the portrait as well as on the security threads. the bills will glow: the $5 bill glows blue, the $10 bill glows orange, the $20 bill glows green, the $50 bill glows yellow and the $100 bill glows pink. Hold the bill up to a light to check for a watermark.

For the recently redesigned $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills, the letter and number that identify the Federal Reserve Bank are beneath the left serial number on the face of the bill.

A watermark bearing the image of the person whose portrait is on the bill can be found on all $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills series 1996 and later, and on $5 bills series 1999 and later. The watermark is embedded in the paper to the right of the portrait, and it can be seen from both sides of the bill.

The $10 note includes an embedded security thread that glows orange when illuminated by UV light. When held to light, a portrait watermark of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton is visible from both sides of the note. In addition, the note includes a color-shifting numeral 10 in the lower right corner of the note.

The $20 note includes an embedded security thread that glows green when illuminated by UV light. When held to light, a portrait watermark of President Jackson is visible from both sides of the note. In addition, the note includes a color-shifting numeral 20 in the lower right corner of the note.