A $100 Bill Costs Around $0.12. Here's why.

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Let's talk about money. What kind of security measures go into a $100 bill?

[@RedSnake714]

A complex 100 dollar bill costs 12.5 cents to print but it costs 15 cents to print a page from my university library? Sheesh

[@alekspapez]

are you printing your page 1.5 billion times :)?

[@RedSnake714]

@@alekspapez no but every university student in the US who pays 15 cents a page or more probably are in total

[@alekspapez]

@@RedSnake714 and since they are all different the 15 cents is what you will have to pay, exactly the point i made before..

[@RedSnake714]

@@alekspapez are you just taking my sarcastic and unrealistic comment literally? Because it looks like you did

[@EchoWinters]

Yeah but the government isn’t paying $80 for one ink cartridge

[@Moneyisgoodforme]

“That’ll be $200” *Tosses two quarters at the clerk* “What is this?” “Keep the change”😎

[@user-zh1ee7mf1j]

@Oof i dont

[@henryelias4588]

ِ since it cost 12.5 cents to make a 100 dollar bill 200 will cost 25 cents to make and he gives the clerk 50 cents

[@user-zh1ee7mf1j]

@@henryelias4588 I still dont get it

[@seoyunkang111]

ِ then you’re stupid

[@vitobru8361]

@@user-zh1ee7mf1j you didn't see how Austin explained it costs 12.5¢ to make a $100 bill? the man is tossing the quarters to pay for the cost of the bills, not the fucking purchased items

[@user-hk1vi9pz9s]

Of counterfeit bills, once I was at a gas station and they had a $35 bill on the wall. Apparently one time someone tried to pay with it.

[@calliboya8090]

Mission failed successfully.

[@potatobomb13]

I saw a 1 dollar bill with micheal jordans face

[@natebit7167]

Hilarious

[@Noah-hb2mu]

I saw a fake 50£ note that said 500£ on the back

[@thecannibalmain]

Task failed successfully.

[@samwallaceart288]

People be talking “oh, now counterfeiters are gonna be taking notes!” And here I am I can’t even afford printer ink.

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

@Caleb Bessler Im pretty sure it is an intentional joke

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

@Caleb Bessler oh I'm dumb I suppose

[@frankhalliday8071]

Ink cartridges cost around 50 pound in stores yet in factory's they cost 12 pence to make. Ironic isn't it? It's a total scam.

[@OrchidAlloy]

Security through obscurity just doesn't work. It doesn't matter that counterfeiters know the bill's features, the hard part is copying those features.

[@PinkENBlue]

I was about to say about something about how counterfeiting money would be more expensive than actually earning it You cracked me up.

[@cassandra9778]

i bought a fake $1 bill for $10 and now my friends think i have a dollar hahaa

[@ramzaz7578]

Lol

[@marcywantsto7553]

stolen joke

[@personofthefield]

a croissant r/ihavereddit

[@PantsYT]

stonks

[@Charliewellington12]

a croissant r/woooosh

[@irishkelly2062]

I worked in a deli for over a year and we were not allowed to accept tips. However on many occasions people would throw it over the counter and walk away haha. But one time someone threw me a 50 and I couldn't believe it. I had been tipped 5s 10s and even 20s before but 50 was a new one. But once I got home, went to put it with the rest of my cash, and noticed the colouring on Grant's hair and beard were very dark and uniform. I later took it to my friend who collects currencies and he told me it was a counterfeit probably made in the 90s and due to the wear on the bill it was most likely actually used multiple times and luckily slipped past cashiers or was used in cash to hand deals. So I didn't get a 50 dollar tip but there is a chance the guy meant to give me a 50 dollar tip LOOOL

[@superbaggy1495]

its the thought that counts lol

[@Orbrun]

In some ways you were luckier to have received the counterfeit bill.

[@seppeswart7277]

Well, if you were the first to notice in 50 years, you could still just use it

[@miniguyw]

Maybe he knew and wanted to fool someone

[@mr.pythen285]

That's ilegal though

[@ashleygray5986]

“I would be incredibly excited to hold one of these, when I was 5” 19yo Me: “So that’s what a $100 bill looks like.”

[@wesley12]

Lmao same the first time I held a real one was when I was 15 and I got paid I was euphoric

[@boomclan5163]

0:20 so the current $100 started as a April fools joke.

[@dasiydeth568]

XD

[@lemunz4280]

lmao

[@Cruscker]

Reddit moment

[@ILikeBirds]

.-.

[@Atlas-yh6vg]

lmfao

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

Well, I bought a fake dollar and now I can fool all my friends into thinking I have a real dollar.

[@gc6096]

Wow

[@stanleyguzman694]

n everything

[@MrRandom125]

*SNAP* _everything disintegrates_

[@noonecaresm8641]

FBI OPEN UP!

[@jwproductions5070]

I saw one of your latest comments on that SciShow video about itching-creepy!

[@phantomkitten73]

I saw something unfold at a store in Utah, a cashier clerk was seriously about to call the police on a boy who was buying something for his grandmother out in the car with the money he gave her. Just because the boy gave her an old $2 bill, which she didn't think was a real thing. The manager eventually had to come out in all the commotion to say "yeah, that's a real thing you idiot." The next day, the woman either was fired, or more likely quit.

[@lpfan4491]

xD rip

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

I hope that $2 bill wasn't some kind of collectible, worth way more than face value

[@fvn55yearsago57]

Laura Nolastnamegiven you can get two dollar bills at the bank lol

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

@Nuclear stealth bomber B2- spirit I just thought, since it said the bill was from the grandmother, and old, I wondered if it could be really old, like, collectible old, doesn't mean it was, but I doubt it would be the first time a priceless collectible was accidentally used that way (could happen with stamps, too)

[@Quietbut_Deadly]

Nuclear stealth bomber B2- spirit they’re not worthless, they’re worth two dollars

[@TheLaptopLagger]

"these two were actually never elected" The 10 dollar Founding father without a father got a lot farther by working a lot harder

[@mr.beaning9792]

yes

[@dontmindme4838]

By being a lot smarter by being a self starter by 14 They placed him in charge of a trading charter And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered and chartered away, across the waves he struggled and kept his guard up, I side he was longing for something to be apart of the brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter

[@aiskejejdhfhhfhdid]

Daniah The great then a hurricane came, devastation rained,

[@stealthemoon8899]

Ayyyeeeeee

[@fish_chips5587]

Nathan Cooper the man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain

[@pandemicaunt6341]

"Young me would love to have one of these in his hands." Me a 21 year old still dreaming about that 100 dollar bill...

[@FalseEdgeHEMA]

I actually do have a counterfeit money story! A few years back, my current girlfriend and I were hanging out at a mutual friends house. This friend lived with their parents, and they would routinely send us on small errands or snack runs. We enjoyed doing it, even though it was usually a little late. We went to the same gas station that was open 24/7, with the same grumpy cashier- a middle aged man who'd immigrated from Africa. I had always instinctually liked him, but he never seemed to like me. Maybe because he was always stuck on night shift, idk. But yeah, we get the items and I hand him the money. He holds it for about 2 seconds before telling me "this is fake, man" Standing my ground, I tell him the bill was certainly NOT fake. Again, he says insists that it was fake, and that he was calling the police. I didn't mind. I had done nothing wrong, and at the time I completely trusted that my friends mother wasn't running an underground counterfeiting operation- so I told him I'd wait. I was very supervised when the police officer smiled and said, "yeah, this bill is counterfeit" and showed me that it was thin, and off colored. I couldn't tell the difference, but I still nodded and apologized to the clerk. Nothing really happened after that. The police asked me where I had gotten it, and I told them I'd gotten the money from my friends mother who'd sent us to get snacks. They followed us back to our house to have a word with her. At 1am, outside, in her bathrobe, she explained that she'd gotten it from a local TacoBell earlier that day. They took the bill, and left. Not really that exciting, but the funny part was, from that night forward, the grumpy old cashier and I became great friends. We always talked whenever I would come in. It was nice, how a counterfeit bill brought us together, lol. I eventually moved away from that town, and I still think of him often. I hope he is doing well.

[@RGC_animation]

Did the TacoBell refund your money? (Probably not, but imagine if the next time you went there the cashier would just hand you a bill and say: This is for you, why? Don't ask me.)

[@xocomaox]

Plot twist: She lied; you were a snack mule laundering her fake bills produced in the basement!

[@FutureNow]

Why counterfeit new bills, when you can counterfeit older less secure bills that are still allowed to remain in circulation?

[@ryanmontgomery8766]

FutureNow I really don’t know but a thought is that eventually wouldn’t someone notice that this bill is an old one but doesn’t look worn or used?

[@CreeperSlayerNate]

That is the first thing that I think when I see a crisp, old style bill. It gets the marker test, as those bills don't have watermarks afaik.

[@GIJew]

Because older bills are generally subject to more scrutiny by the person accepting them.

[@deedit4666]

In Europe we got new 5€ notes in mai of 2013. 2 to 3 years after you didnt see any of the old ones anymore. If so it was as special as having one of the first new 5€ notes in you hand.

[@VanillaCoke64oz]

@@CreeperSlayerNate marker test only works up to 1957 or 67 I want to say. Anything older real or not the pen thinks is fake. It says on the pens how old it can detect as real

[@AristophMarloque]

I used to work night shift at a gas station just outside Cleveland and I came across several counterfeit bills in my time there. Most of the time it's not a big deal, they honestly don't realize it's fake and they had just gotten it in change from another store or as payment for something and had no idea themselves. They always apologized and paid with another bill. Never had anybody I actually thought was trying to pull one over on us. But there was one instance that stood out as especially funny. One of my regulars was a nanny for a fairly wealthy family. She'd always stop by late at night, usually having just left the family's house after watching the kids while the parents were on a date night or whatnot. Well one night she stopped in and asked if I could make change for a $100, as she the family hadn't had anything smaller to pay her with. The moment she handed it to me it felt weird, and when I looked at the bill I had to do a literal double-take. It was *actual* movie money! One of the fake bills they use as props when shooting movies! It was so strange, because you could clearly tell if you looked at it that it was just slightly wrong in every aspect. It was a little too thick, a little too wide, the portrait was slightly askew, the numbers weren't quite in the right place...everything was just *slightly* off so it was almost surreal looking at it. On the back of the bill, at the top where it normally says "United States of America", it instead said "NOT LEGAL TENDER: FOR MOVIE USE ONLY." The look of horror on her face when I said it was fake was priceless! XD She looked like she was about to break down and started panicking, until I started laughing. Then she was just confused. I handed her the bill back and said "didn't you tell me that father you nanny for works in the film industry? I think he gave you a prop bill by accident." We had a good laugh, but she didn't have anything else on her to pay with, so I just told her not to worry about it. She was a regular, so I said she could take her stuff and just pay for it next time she came in. We joked about that bill for months afterwards. ^_^

[@whyjordie]

I remember the first time I saw the new $100 , I was serving tables and thought it was fake

[@repeekyraidcero]

"That mich money can't be real" 😂

[@hydrolito]

New bills with even smaller amounts looked different also confused me. How are we supposed to detect counterfeit if it does not look like it used to?

[@AB-gw6uf]

"Announced on April 1st 2010" Hmmmmm....

[@TheJarritosman]

It's just a prank, bro! Chillax!

[@kohakuaiko]

It took longer than expected to get enough perfect bills to begin circulation. The blue strip often gets caught during production.

[@invisibilius1978]

kohakuaiko r/wooosh

[@MrMexicanslender]

@@invisibilius1978 no. No whoosh here just mad facts

[@venomissocute3448]

Ban All Pineapples Plot Twist: ALL MONEY is counterfiet because it’s just a prank bro

[@denn394]

Austin flexing his squarespace sponsorship dollars smh 🙄

[@muhsin_sultan]

He's demonstrating the security features smh

[@Leester]

Groves 😂😂😂😂😂

[@pastydrake]

Mohamed Muhsin Sultan whooosh

[@tippiebekfast]

Groves 😥😓😅 it's the best I could do

[@sydneytaylor8128]

Just Drake shit I was gonna say the same thing

[@TheEelOG]

This dude lowkey just told us how to make a counterfeit 100 dollar bill

[@DJstarrfish]

If you have the resources for it

[@IUndercoverTroll]

@@DJstarrfish Well I mean who doesn't have 12 cents?

[@LoserSnoozer]

@@IUndercoverTroll i have 8 american pennies, about 5 canadian pennies, and some pocket lint, is that enough?

[@dalfifran7572]

A counterfeiter would know all that fact already, it doesn't made a differences. An average person wouldn't have access or resources to make a convincing counterfeit bill anyway. In short.. this reveal almost nothing to a counterfeiter, but present a good deal of information for average person how to spot fake bill.

[@jokumukamikalie]

It's not the knowledge of the security measures, but rather replicating them without precisely knowing how they're made. Because that's the classified information, not the measures themselves.

[@egg1294]

There used to be this trend on “tiktok” where they cut open the place where the security thread is and they would pull it out making said 5,10,50,100 dollar bill worthless

[@MrRandom125]

One time at work someone handed me a fake $100 for a coffee and some donuts. It just didnt even feel like money. It felt like thicc monopoly money. My manager came over said "Sir this is counterfeit, we've notified the authorities and they would like to have a talk with you" The guy acted like he didnt know, apologized, left the bill with us and then left the store.

[@stargateproductions]

That's why you don't counterfeit 50s and 100s. Stick with lower denominations.

[@kohakuaiko]

@@stargateproductions that's why I teach new hires to watch the 10s and 20s.

[@GummyDinosaursify]

That's what most counterfeiters do. They realize they've been caught and just walk out. Only the stupid ones throw a fit.

[@TagcastCrew]

to be fair, there is a chance he genuienly didn't know and someone gave it to him. slim chance but its there

[@MrRandom125]

lol. Im just the 125th version

[@audreymorgan6583]

This feels like an apple ad for a 100 dollar bill

[@arialnotariel2101]

When I worked at Sonic, we had someone try to pay for their food with a fake 10. Except it wasn’t a counterfeit bill, it was for movie production. It even said on the bill that it was not legal tender. I don’t think they knew it was fake, but it was hilarious.

[@FourByteBurger]

I once had like 20 of the old 2 dollar bill, tried to buy something with one,and got security called to verify the bill

[@cdigames]

I’m sure a lot of viewers here will be able to share stories of cashiers thinking a $2 bill or an older ( early 90’s era ) regular bill were counterfeit. I tried to pay for some Subway with a 1980’s $5 and the manager called mall security on me, which was annoying at best.

[@austinmcconnell]

I've had cashiers reject $2 bills, as well. If memory serves, there was a man somewhere in the US who was arrested for using them. The cashier thought they were fake, and the cop that was called to the scene had never heard of them, either.

[@timsomething6281]

Oof

[@SethWistful]

Yup that's the story I was gonna tell. I got handed an old lincoln right after my boss told me that there was counterfeit money being spent at stores like ours, and it took a bit of googling for me to accept the man was telling the truth. I felt awful, but thankfully he just chuckled and left.

[@crystalmeth5374]

wow u reply to people

[@coleedgerly5666]

It's always 1$ coins that get people. Those and 50 cent pieces. My dad gets them at his job so if in with him when he pays then there's always a fuss

[@wooferjr169]

As a cashier A customer tried to pay me with a "counterfeit $20" it really wasn't counterfeit since the part where it should say "the United States of America" said "motion pictures" I even read the part where it should say this note is legal tender, but it specifically said it's not legal tender and it's from motion pictures. The poor lady got embarrassed after showing her that, but thankfully she had her card and paid off her merchandise.

[@9rr0r31]

Lmai

[@geyboi4831]

WooferJr Lmao she probably gave someone change and that person fucked her over

[@stevem4708]

Oof

[@askpat13]

They do that for all movie prop money, it's never real money just faked with a clear (but tiny) label saying it's not legal tender

[@DuelingDexperts]

Movie money is also usually 10 to 20 % larger bills than real money so as to avoid counter fitting laws. Big enough to avoid the law, small enough to not be noticed on screen

[@oceanicstarline1899]

I found a counterfeit one dollar coin, the golden one. It was missing a date and a lot of other smaller details, it was also a lot lighter.

[@timothyhayes9724]

Weird. Wonder how those are even made. CNC maybe?

[@braindeadgaming808]

Why would somebody counterfeit a non collectible coin

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

@@braindeadgaming808 Maybe to use in arcade machines or something, i dunno.

[@braindeadgaming808]

@@opossumontheinternet9864 xd why not rob a chukee-cheese its not like they have armed gaurds

[@MrWarthog]

@@braindeadgaming808 you jerk i robbed a chuck e cheese and got shot by a 6 yr old and got pizza stuffed in my gunshot wound

[@goobsdoobs]

I work in retail and often count and submit the cash from previous days in the mornings. We found about $400 in fake bills that were really convincing. I don't remember what year they were but the only reason we figured out they were fake was because we count bills by weight on a scale, and the fake bills were lighter than the legit ones. The drawer they were in kept coming up $40 dollars short, and we were pretty confused when hand counting the money gave us the correct amount.

[@wafllffe7291]

Can I buy the 100 from you for 0.12$ then?

[@siffle4249]

SogWaffle $0.12

[@Hans-gb4mv]

Hell, I'm willing to offer $0.15 so he at least has a healthy profit margin.

[@Killroy3022]

Hans I’m gonna have to offer $0.17 for that

[@stewieroided3437]

@@Killroy3022 im offering $112

[@destr0yed393]

@@stewieroided3437 why did you have to ruin it?

[@AdlerTX]

About a year ago, my friend tried to pay for something at a convenience store with a $5 bill he got from a tip at his job. The cashier noticed something odd, and it turned out to be counterfeit. The police were called, and my friend was put into handcuffs until he managed to explain where he got it and how he didn't know it was fake.

[@stargateproductions]

Seems a bit extreme to cuff someone for a 5 dollar fake.

[@benji272]

stargateproductions Not really, when you realize 5 is most likely not the only counterfeit bill they have.

[@vnyggi621]

Or if they printed a few hundred 5ers

[@stevelarry3870]

Why did the person even tip? Would have been less trouble for both of them.

[@why-qz6zq]

@@benji272 ya but if you submit a fake 100 to the bank they dont arrest you they just take it

[@kjamison5951]

For an Art project at a school, I recreated lifelike dollar bills which were used to adorn a textile piece. I created over 400 of these bills which all featured the black and green ink on the off-white bill. The headmistress of the school, who had been a frequent traveler to the United States was shocked to see so many dollars used in an art project, never once suspecting they were fake. She asked how much it had cost in dollars to create. She was embarrassed to hear they were not real. I even used paper that was a little thicker than normal for the ‘bills’.

[@JustCallMeMeghan]

I used to manage a movie theater. One night when cashing out a box office attendant, there was a fake 100 in their drawer. Someone had photo-copied the bill, and then used a glitter glue on the bell and blue security strip. 🤦‍♀️

[@clouds.in.heaven]

Pfft... paper money is worthless Everyone knows that Robux is the top currency

[@Feldress]

nah b club penguin coins are better

[@soniccookie655]

WHAT ABOUT VBUCKS? Please dislike my comment

[@AkumaADemoncus]

At least it isn't bitcoin

[@harrisonfackrell]

Dogecoin.

[@EriksGarbage]

Minecoin. I mean, how else are you going to get the Star Wars Skin Pack 5?

[@brodiehaddon631]

Here in Australia, we have plastic, colourful notes, with holographic parts. The plastic is for strength so they don’t rip when going through the wash, the colour and holographic is for looks, but the holographic would also make it difficult to counterfeit.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

Here in Brasil every bill has a diferent size and color with a national animal in the front and a portrait of princess Isabel on the back, they are just the loveliest tints of blue pink and yellow

[@leveu5]

In Romania we have plastic colory notes too. They are just beautiful

[@bugstarwarriorcats8933]

Same in Canada

[@lilitseng6710]

Oh kay?

[@braydenc1791]

Here in America we trick our people into thinking our bills are made of paper

[@sol15_]

I work in fast food and it’s our rule to not except £50 notes because they are really rare and easy to forge, this women handed one to me and I told her we aren’t allowed to take them and she started an argument because “it’s got the queens face on it so we have to accept it” despite telling her the rules, she even threatened to call the police

[@bool8705]

Alternate Title: Things To Know Before Counterfeiting

[@falcon.heavy.]

When I used to deliver pizzas, somebody paid for a $15 Pizza with a $100 bill that was lopsided, felt like regular printer paper, and had a water mark that said for display use only. Yeah I didn't give him his pizza

[@TrigramThunder]

Bad move. You wouldn't have gotten to tell your boss you were able to collect the money either way, but at least if you had given him his pizza and paid for it with your own money, the guy wouldn't have called your boss angrily about your behavior and you wouldn't have gotten fired. Would you rather lose $15 or your job?

[@mustafakemalataturk9733]

Francisco Manuel Sánchez Rubio Why would his boss fire him for not acceptimg counterfeit money?

[@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006]

@@TrigramThunder Whuuut. Let me get this straight. You expect the delivery dude to pay for someone else's food? Especially when that customer tried to scam him with fake bucks?? What kind of manipulative logic is this. That's just gonna encourage the scammer to do the same thing again, and take advantage of other delivery guys who don't know any better. Tf?? People in that reallyyy low-income job need the money too. Are you serious??

[@grahamlive]

@@TrigramThunder What utter nonsense. So the guy has to pay for someone's food to keep his job? Doing your job should never cost you anything. If, in the course of my job I need to pay even a tiny amount for something, I claim it back from the company. No one should ever be out of pocket in order to do a job. Don't know about you but I work to make money, not spend it.

[@TrigramThunder]

@@grahamlive yeah that's all very fine and dandy but this dude lost his job. the customer would have given him a fake bill either way, so unless he could convince the customer to pay with real money, he was to face the loss himself or lose the job, and the latter happened. I'm not defending having to pay money in the course of your work, but in these unfortunate circumstances, it was by far the easiest way out of this problem that didn't cost you your job.

[@derkcast620]

my parents owned a pizza restaurant when i was a kid/teen. i'll never forget the day the police came in and ask my mom if someone had been in and paid with a $50.00. She said yes, and showed the officer the bill. its counterfeit he said, and asked us which way they went. as a 12 yr old this was very exciting.

[@cameoshadowness7757]

ZMan1471 Yeah but with higher bills, it is less likey. It could still happen but less likey.

[@Shvraz]

ZMan1471 it could easily be abused.

[@RepaidChalice37]

Derk Cast the way my family’s pizza restaurant is able to test counterfeits is to see if our gambling machines accept the bill. They have up to date technology to detect fakes. If my machine accepts it then we’re all good

[@cameoshadowness7757]

ZMan1471 I see what you mean.

[@ryansmith6619]

Once I was moving some old stuff and found a perfect looking pre 2010 $100 bill that had everything correct, accept, when held up to a light, the hologram inside was of Abraham Lincoln and not Ben Franklin, which seemed odd. I looked it up and the exact bill was one of 300 Chinese counterfeit tests

[@Wheredabox]

Hey thanks for this video. All of the security features tells me that I’m not doing a great job. Thank you for telling me what I need to do better.

[@almosteducatedmf8352]

Thanks now I can make the perfect copy

[@boi15110]

Holy shit your name is perfect for this

[@hijack69]

*FBI Open Up*

[@matteothehuskyfrommiami5389]

*CIA Open Up*

[@edee.]

*Uhhh Idk open up*

[@confusedcookie8152]

Your Mom Open Up

[@MrJonnyk000]

Hey Austin! Here is a counterfeit story: When I was in the boy scouts, one of our leaders worked for the Secret Service and at one point he thought it would be fun to give us a tour of where he worked. Now, making a government building interesting to a bunch of 13-year-olds is hard. But one way they spiced it up was taking us into a room and passing around about $10K of confiscated counterfeit money. Some of it was convincing, but there were also all kinds of hilarious printing errors: Bills that weren't aligned right, wrong colors, faces looking the wrong way, a lot of it was printed on plain paper, others were printed on bleached bills of smaller amounts, all kinds of crazy stuff. They then followed it up by explaining in detail to us teenagers, exactly how one would go about making a decent counterfeit. (this was before a lot of the new security features). I think the guy was used to giving this talk to law enforcement. It was probably the most interesting field trip I ever had.

[@usuck5368]

It’s a little thought out for a counterfeit story. How long did it take you to think of all the bullshit?

[@stefanplaysgames2242]

Nice you came up with it, but its fake, because you cant Just get a tour in a government building, let alone one of a secret service.

[@fortnitecommunity6352]

Same! So what happened was my dad is a secret service person thing and he took is 2 billion dollar jet flew it into the whitehouse and i got to see around the place! It was really cool oh yea and also he showed me every single government building without having to go through any security and nobody questioned it. I then took a tank blew into the pentagon launched nukes to north korea and then I flew the tank to space blew up the satellite and we then got to see the counterfeit bills.

[@asstitties7104]

@@private2985 i walked into the pentagon butt naked screaming allahu akbar and nothing happened

[@noscopebrabra]

Jon Klein K

[@monkeywithocd]

Huh, when I was a cashier at Walmart we were taught to always check 20's for the watermark portrait (possibly higher denominations too, though I can't remember for certain), but we weren't ever told to make sure it's the correct face. I remember some of the 20's were so worn that I couldn't really make out the watermark, leading to some awkward moments, since that was the only way they taught us to verify them. Also, when I first saw the new 100 bill, I thought it was play money. I still think it looks silly compared to the dull green of the other bills.

[@the1whoplayz]

I remember when my dad used to run a print shop next to a small store. Whenever I was with him, he used to give me money to get stuff from there. When I bought stuff from there, the guy running the store used to check the money to make sure it was real lol. The guy got arrested later on for EBT Fraud.

[@sambhullar5995]

*No dollars were harmed in the making of this video*

[@furball_vixie]

no u

[@sambhullar5995]

+Atoku County Emergency Services Make me bitch

[@adarose336]

I actually like the u.s dollar design. It looks unique and grounded. Idk, I just like how it looks.

[@binozia-old-2031]

Ada Rose same here (as an australian)

[@isaaclee2084]

I want colorful money so registers look like rainbows

[@lordeverett5642]

Isaac Lee fair, but Hamilton

[@isaaclee2084]

Double Slash think of all the money used for colored ink...

[@taku1221]

yeah when us westerners think of money we have that classic usa note image so i like it. im from australia tho and i gotta say, our colourful plastic money is where its at. same with canada

[@averyalexander2528]

I received a $2 bill as a tip yesterday, got fascinated and started searching for KZbin videos, and I was recommended this video as a result. I very much appreciate the fact you had a $2 on that table.

[@tastyjason4136]

“made of paper” ok thanks for attending my ted talk

[@guyman1009]

1:50

[@diakounknown1225]

Well, this doesn't even function as a joke

[@HedonisticPickle]

I think something most people dont consider is that US money is very VERY poorly designed for visually impaired/blind people. The Euro bills etc are different sizes as are the coins, no such luck for US blind people. I think when they re-design them, size and feel should come into play.

[@Aron-ru5zk]

S△M same here in the uk the £ Notes are all different sizes, £5, £10, £20, £50 and they’re also made of plastic and are crazy strong

[@noobtube8195]

TagDelta 915 But there are Braille marks for blind people and the plastic design on the uk notes stop them from tearing once when so they aren’t that bad also they all are different sizes so what are you talking about

[@henryambrose8607]

@@Aron-ru5zk £20 and £50 are still made of paper. And the fabric notes are really strong too.

[@tsunamiwhale5021]

I've had older people try to pay and they hand me the wrong coins/bills or hand me way too much (like a $10 transaction and they hand me $5 AND a $20) I always tell them if they handed me to much or the wrong currency and they appreciate it

[@Egg_thing]

Polish zloty bills for example have raised shapes like squares triangles and circles in the corner to help blind people, also the actual number is raised and they're thinking of redesigning it with braille one day. Any of these would be a good idea to implement on the US dollar

[@CowbeIly]

Your videos are always so wonderfully explained with graphics!! This was amazing!! Look forward to every upload man.

[@JayyyEros]

What are you doing here?

[@nockon8746]

Wow cowbelly

[@kapjoteh]

🅱️owcelly

[@jayknowles2146]

*H O L Y S H I T*

[@cutecommie]

What an unexpected guest.

[@ReverseBurst]

Everybody gangsta till Austin starts talking about paint on bills.

[@user-mz7cn9hq8v]

I don't know what you're talking about. Average $100 bills cost me about 3 dollars apiece, including red&blue security labels and the watermark. Smh

[@dalishisness]

And here I thought this video would show me how to get $100 for 12 cents. That was my fault and my happiness is gone

[@jxpsert3494]

My dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@ClaytonMcElvain1021]

Same

[@BakedJuiceMC]

Same 😂

[@Veiiorra]

So if I pay $12 can I get $10000

[@lilyliao9521]

No?

[@sieren9306]

r/wooosh

[@GAMINGBAUS8703]

@@lilyliao9521 r/woosh

[@DeeDolp]

It’s actually four Os, guys. r/woooosh

[@sieren9306]

oh shit

[@Klayx_]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial for how to avoid getting caught using counterfeit money!

[@HolowatyVlogs]

I’m from Toronto, Canada. At the time, I was banking with BMO (Bank of Montreal, big mistake) and I was converting some US bills. They processed the bills without issue, except for a single $1 bill. They looked at it under UV, used the special counterfeit marker, and even called over the manager. Eventually, they informed me this bill was most likely counterfeit. The teller then proceeded to hand the suspected counterfeit bill back to me. I was shocked in the moment, so I took the bill back. Since when can a bank return suspected counterfeit money? I still have it in my safe as a “souvenir”, I guess.

[@jonathanfarrell2196]

I work at boost mobile, at least once a week someone trashes a store because they have a fake bill, that they “didn’t know”. But by the way they watch me test it with the marker, look for the water mark, and feel for the raised printing. They get very irritated very quick.

[@Abbot3663]

I hope our new bills end up like those waterproof canadian ones.

[@andrewwilliams5546]

ahem have you seen the british ones?

[@Mascabar]

@@andrewwilliams5546 I have to agree there

[@saml1613]

They are waterproof

[@FrankFortier44]

They have their fair-share of problems, mainly they stick together a lot and they don't really EVER unfold

[@timothyhayes9724]

I mean, US bills are waterproof. Ever put cash in the washing machine?

[@markarthguard4443]

America:Makes 100$ with 12¢ *STONKS*

[@starwarsmaster]

I work at McDonald’s and I have to check all the bills now because we got a fake 20 one time. If I’m totally honest, I was just holding up the hundreds to a light to make it look like I was checking but I have no idea what I was looking for. I was kind of just looking at the ribbon. Now, I know what to look for. Thanks, Austin!

[@jackhoff1442]

So if it takes .12 to make 100 how much does it cost to make .12

[@zacharycohen9416]

-12 cents. duh

[@ok-vo8qb]

Panda Man nice job

[@jlord8179]

@@garrettelliott5849 problem is that pennies aren't copper

[@Diabhork]

21.84 assuming its bought only with pennies

[@sundeww]

100.00$

[@yuikol14]

But people are still allowed to use old bills. Can I just counterfeit and use early, less secure versions of money (hypothetical)?

[@drgore1797]

yui kol hypothetically, yes. But people are often more suspicious of money they aren't familiar with. Other people in the comments of stories of old money being not accepted or heavily scrutinized if they haven't seen that bill before. I work in a coffee shop and have been told to just accept anything I haven't seen even if I haven't seen it before. That being said I'd definitely check with someone else if a $200 bill came through. But a $3 bill? Meh, whatever, probably just a new type of bill.

[@JohnMcLusky]

That was my immediate thought too. When I visited the US recently, I had a $100 bill that was at least 15 years old (my parents had kept it after a vacation years ago) but it was accepted without question. It was in perfect condition (still fresh from the currency exchange) and so it seems more plausible that counterfeiters would just copy the old bills. Here in the UK, we have a brief overlap (a few months) before old bills are no longer accepted in general circulation. You can still exchange them at the Bank of England forever, and most regular banks will take them too, but shops won't.

[@stargateproductions]

@@subbyneko Wow, technically 2 dollar bills are still legal currency.

[@soniccookie655]

Not even technically, they just are.

[@TooCooFoYou]

Dr Gore If there was a new type of bill, there'd be big news about it, so you'd be asking to get fired.

[@amandaespinosa5556]

I used to work a job that required a lot of money handling on my part. One of my favorite instances of a counterfeit bill was from a couple that came up to my station and asked me to verify a $20 bill for them. I had a counterfeit pen with me, but I could tell it was fake the moment I grabbed it- it didn't feel right at all. One thing that would always irritate me was when customers would complain about us checking the bills they gave us, sometimes even going so far as to file official complaints with the company. If we took fake bills on accident, we were held accountable for the company's loss. It's not a moral judgement or an accusation if we check your money- it's for our own security as employees.

[@danielserloin7369]

Thought this was clickbait, but it turned out to be very informational. Well done!

[@godoflight558]

0:54, you state that one reason american bank notes dont look flashy is that they have to accommodate security features, yet many countries have really good security features and have good looking notes (ie my country australia)

[@Viewer_Person]

Australian people live upside down

[@ashton5734]

Neobubzy Thats because it uses polymer, a technology Australia invented.

[@yourallsuck]

roasted

[@mariabobia69]

God of Light nice try, australia doesn’t exist

[@ivanjimenez-rico1345]

I think its because no one good enough to make good counterfiet bills wastes their time on Canadian or Australian bills.

[@chrisli7358]

I remember someone on the street in New York wanted to exchange a 10 dollar bill for change to buy stuff at the store. I related and gave him my two fives. Nothing too bad and the guy left. But immediately when he left, I felt that the bill didn't feel right and felt very weird. I held it to the light and sure enough there was no watermark showing Hamilton. I immediately went up to the guy and didn't directly confront him about the counterfeit. I just said "Hey I just remembered I need to owe this guy $5 and I need the change back so I can pay him" I remember when he was giving me the change he was shaking so badly, but I didn't raise anything. I remember walking away and crossing the street and he said something about the bill not being fake, but I pretended I didn't know anything.

[@n.willy4864]

You were being to nice to him, probably should have called him out so he couldn’t scam people less observing than you

[@greenthizzle4]

ZMan1471 bro the reason shits up 300% is because all our money is fake and it's in a delicate balance that will soon fall

[@hamzaghazi]

Jake Mitch lol never a thought an American citizen would actually say that, even though it's true the dollar like any other type of paper money has no value. I have to give it to the US for making a mockery over the world with the dollar.

[@greenthizzle4]

Hamzahghazi they have us convinced it's of value while the rich run away with the real riches

[@greenthizzle4]

Hamzahghazi it's not just America that's like that. The people of earth have been conned by the rich assholes.

[@asneecrabbier3900]

my school has a cafeteria where you can buy stuff once they gave me a fake bill for change like just casually _here is your fake money_

[@Arlothed1no]

One mishap I had with a bill someone thought was counterfeit: I took a survey once and to bribe me into doing the survey, the company sent me a two dollar bill. Now, the people assured me I wasn't in trouble to be clear but they had informed me they didn't know how to detect if a two dollar bill was counterfeit so they called in mall security, they confirmed it wasn't counterfeit, and I got to buy the rock candy I wanted. My friends were there and we were joking about how this was the start of my life of crime. Thank you mall security for lightening the mood. The survey people were legit though. And I got a $40 amazon gift card from it which I used on books and a chewable necklace. Good times.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

0:43 where is that cool-ass vertical bill from?

[@PJacobsEvans]

CheesecakeLasagna Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@savileroof464]

CheesecakeLasagna switzerland 🇨🇭 yees, love my country

[@liamryan7239]

Cool? Looks top crowded for me

[@dokessezeaka5159]

Soon Canada

[@brasik]

pewdiepie country

[@matthewmerovitz9236]

Story time: I work at Chick-fil-A, and on my first day, with my 1st or 2nd customer ever a lady attempted to order a small soda with a counterfeit $20, but we have to use counterfeit pens so we caught it thankfully

[@trxpjesxs8754]

Matthew Merovitz did she get arrested? thats a felony lol least she could get is like 6-7 years to 12

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

It depends on if she knew it was counterfeit or not. Counterfeiters rely on ignorance to keep their business alive, and going after someone who is unknowingly in possession of counterfeit is a lot like arresting someone just because they have a few microgrames of cocaine on them.

[@matthewmerovitz9236]

GBE 300 She pretended she just got it from the bank. The manager didn't keep it she let the lady take it back.

[@KcinTSM]

That isn't legal for a manager to do. It has to be taken out of circulation by a federal employee.

[@Blade.5786]

@Andrew Lopez What's Chick-fil-A,I only speak KFC No but seriously we don't have those here.

[@Player-pu2ni]

Thanks! Now I know what to look for when counterfeiting my $100 bills

[@HioImMario]

I came across a counterfeit once. I spent it. What else was I supposed to do with it. Stores in the ghetto don't check.

[@ErikB605]

Compared to other banknotes ... ours ... they just aren't very flashy. There are a number of reasons for this. Tradition playing probably the biggest role, but another important factor is security. [...] The designers of this modern version had to find a way to seamlessly blend the classic design that citizens were familiar with, while mitigating a slew of new security features." Makes it sound like tradition is the only reason for a non flashy redisign as a complete redisign would make it easier to incorporate the security features without having to work around the old designfeatures.

[@hamzab1821]

how is your wife holding up after the dumbledore thingy?

[@wistfulherbz]

She left him.

[@MerlijnDingemanse]

Wat

[@drunkbryan4663]

@@wistfulherbz LMAO 😂

[@chairycola]

Ok so my dad is an area director of Bojangles and this one time a cashier took a fake hundred, thinking it was real. It was completely obvious that the bill was fake, so obvious that the bank didn't even bother taking it. (Banks usually collect counterfeit bills)

[@MicroChirp]

The big "100" on the back looks so tacky, like a secretary hastily put it in Word or something.

[@GlobFrank]

One time I found a 20$ bill in my back yard and I was very excited and I got the police called on me when I tryed to use it I was so scared.

[@liguow]

Woah a year ago

[@Cazterli]

@@liguow Woah a day ago

[@rmeows5087]

@@Cazterli woah a week ago

[@Cazterli]

@@rmeows5087 woah a 28 minutes ago

[@rmeows5087]

@@Cazterli woah 5 hours ago because i was too lazy too respond when i first got the notif

[@Kapin05]

Your videos are so fantastic. You're like VSauce but less sciency, the news but less current, animators but not animated- well, for the most part. You get the idea.

[@Sheridan2LT]

lol k weirdo

[@kb-ww1uw]

So basically veritasium.

[@MrVue]

Do you not add salt to your food when you’re cooking? Or do you not cook at all? Lol

[@venomadekoktel2421]

@@MrVue what?

[@0xbenedikt]

Vsauce has a significantly higher content quality and invests more time in fact checking and accuracy

[@taylorwatkins4241]

The two green stripes at the top of the blue strip also lift up, so basically you can store a toothpick in your money

[@bassam_salim]

In my country, bills printed in 2006 or older are not accepted, some exchange stores take them for 1% off, so you get the exchange for 99$ instead of a hundred

[@yarrroww]

Hey don’t diss my boy Alexander for not getting elected

[@addisonchan3053]

Treasury Secretary, Washington's the president.

[@ksprice45]

And the bastard who pushed for a centralized bank

[@angelicaschuyler1011]

The Reynolds Pamphlet

[@michelle-vu7mn]

i was once waiting in taco bell when a classmate ordered a meal. he gave the cashier a 20$ bill and i could see that it was an obvious fake. he was from a different country and just had recently moved to the states so i’m sure that he didn’t know that he had the counterfeit. the cashier looked at him and told him that he wouldn’t accept the money because it was fake and i had felt the largest second hand embarrassment for him because he kept on looking back at me. if i didn’t have a bad history with him, i would’ve paid the meal but i just watched while he walked out of taco bell.

[@FancyCrocodile]

4:39 that is not Ben Franklin that is totally canny Mr. Incredible

[@ghostboi1738]

Thank you for teaching me everything i know to make a counterfeit.

[@aidensface4131]

Two videos, two days. I love it.

[@zainrashid7438]

Canada and Australia has the best looking and plastic bills

[@mmctavish6666]

Zain Rashid oh ya

[@awehellnah]

Zain Rashid Singapore's are nice too

[@usuck5368]

Everybody knows the bullshitington bills are the greatest

[@zainrashid7438]

KiLLiT Singapore is nice too but it’s paper

[@cherrypoptart2001]

Suggestion. Check out the Trinidad and Tobago $50 and $100 bill. :)

[@jjmirah819]

I saw a fake $100 bill while I worked at Panda Express. Was suuuper made that my employee didn't recognize the bill was fake. It was so unreal, it was disturbing.

[@indirafranque4123]

Thank you for sharing this very informative video, it helped me alot.

[@speckopath6288]

with what?

[@mattwalters7858]

As a bank teller, I thought this video was very interesting and informative. Keep up the great work!

[@BleachedJoy]

Was once handed a counterfeit 5 dollar bill. My manager gave it back and told the guy to return it to where he got it, because it wasn’t a large bill.

[@fridge1427]

Thanks! Now i know how to do this

[@lorx9425]

Mate, you should see the NZ notes, they’re really cool

[@nienke7713]

I only have a single $5 bill I got from my uncle who was in the US because he works as a mechanic on cruiseships, no idea if it's fake, exchanging it for usable currency doesn't seem worth the effort, so instead I've folded it in a way that it appears to be Lincoln with some sort of pope's hat.

[@RyBrown]

Nienke Fleur Luchtmeijer it’s probably not fake. Nobody counterfeits $5 bills, only the big $50s, $20s, and $100s.

[@nienke7713]

@@RyBrown that mentality causes $5 notes to go easily unchecked, and as a result easier to get away with counterfeiting them...

[@RyBrown]

Nienke Fleur Luchtmeijer Who would counterfeit a $5 bill when people can counterfeit 50s just as easily. Obviously your not from the US as you only have a US $5 bill (I don’t mean that as an insult) but a counterfeit $5 isn’t going to make a scratch compared to all the money in circulation. True, somebody might counterfeit a $5 bill but that would be a massive waste of time compared to more value counterfeiting a $50, $20, or $100.

[@nienke7713]

@@RyBrown yeah I'm not from the US (and luckily so if I gather all the shit going on over there), but that should be completely irrelevant. Whether we're talking about $5 £5 or €5 they're close enough in value to be comparable. The reason why someone might counterfeit low denomination notes (and of course, they would still do it in larger batches, not just a single note) is because be of the common assumption that only higher denominations will be worth counterfeiting. Because of that assumption, low denomination notes are rarely checked, and thus a low denomination counterfeit can slip under the radar much easier than a high denomination counterfeit. Higher denominations might be more profitable per resource cost, but they also come with larger risk

[@RyBrown]

Nienke Fleur Luchtmeijer I’m not going to argue because I believe that point of views are ok

[@eddiebutkaliuk4681]

Look at Canadian Money. It looks great, very secure, water proof, tear/cut proof and doesn't burn!

[@cowthedestroyer]

There is like 3 people and 5 moose up there in Canada why do they need money when they can trade syrup the most valuable thing in the world. I would love to see someone try to eat a bar of gold on their pancakes and tell me it tastes good.

[@Blade.5786]

It's Monopoly money.

[@justherevibing7005]

Eddie Butkaliuk don’t forget that it’s made so that blind people could also read it with their hands 👌

[@bugstarwarriorcats8933]

Inan Chowdhury no it isn’t

[@KevinMcScrooge]

@@bugstarwarriorcats8933 Yes it is.

[@astal1172]

I bet some people thought that the new design was an April Fools joke.

[@braindeadgaming808]

Me with a 25 cents and a 15 dollar bill: hmmmm lets *FOLD* it and see what happens

[@KiomonDuck]

I hardly ever handle cash bigger the a 20. So I didn't know more then the basic stuff about the 100$ bill. So the security for it is pretty bad ass.

[@CommodoreFan64]

I knew about it, but I'm like you since I no longer work retail I rarely ever handle bills larger than $20, as I'm usually using my check card, or credit card when paying for something, and if I need cash which is rare these days, my credit union's ATM only spits out 20's, and 10's.

[@ripzaurus]

I have never seen a counterfeit dollar as of yet, however, a few years ago my uncle was trying to pay something expensive, and when he was taking too long to take the money out, he joked saying "Excuse me, it sometimes sticks together when recently printed" scarying the seller.

[@jilver3406]

I work at staples and had a lady come in and pay for $20 worth of merchandise with 2 dollar bills. Her purse was filled with them.

[@Kriegter]

and so everyone began buying 100$ bills and the secret service goes nuts