How North Korea Made the Perfect Counterfeit $100 Bill

[@LostSonOfPluto]

My favorite part about this channel is seeing what kinda crazy stock footage can make the cut. Like someone shot that footage of a monkey next to a pile of cash and thought “yeah… someone will pay for that” and then someone did

[@colbyhowto8535]

I bought the image once, for a meme

[@Odisher7]

+Why tf would anyone pay for that? -Dude, trust me, you just can't understand art

[@stefanwalicord2512]

Monkey reading a newspaper and throwing cash somehow got used.

[@user-ew5vj1sl1u]

I am you 666th like.

[@ashestodust2313]

666 likes, 667 now

[@danyay]

Fun fact: in Hong Kong, they still allow certain banks, such as HSBC and Standard Chartered, to print their own banknotes.

[@hussnainsamee2603]

In pakistan some markets use pressed metal bottle caps as currency between merchants.

[@davidcazares7441]

@@hussnainsamee2603 Is Pakistan the next location of the Fallout franchise? Sounds cool to me

[@mallardtheduck1]

Same in Scotland. It's why we call them "banknotes" because, originally, they were produced by banks.

[@1nsaniel]

Isn't it that like asking for fraud?

[@insectbite1714]

@@1nsaniel Yes China is forcing Hing Kong to have an economy as well as the rest of China

[@matthew8505]

Bro, that plan by Germany was actually kinda solid. I had never thought that the most effective kind of bombs would be stacks of 100$ bills

[@soundspark]

Definitely counterfeit if you have a dollar sign on the right of the number.

[@rex8255]

Ze Germans: "Should we bomb zem mitt der sheise-ton of fake currency to crash ze value of ze dollar?" Ozer German: "Nein, just vait. Zey vill do it themelves." And here we are.

[@transportenthusiast11]

You realise England doesn't use dollars?

[@rickysmyth]

The problem is that they then would do the same to Germany. You can't complain if someone does the same to you

[@Yo-Two]

100$ bills would just be used as fire fuel in Britain.

[@StarlightSoda]

The thing about the SuperDollar is, it's still viable, because not everyone has the latest bills, and there's no mandate to exchange them, besides banks. So they can still use all the mass produced ones stealthily.

[@Alsry1]

Tho it might be more lucrative just to sell them as collectibles.

[@theenzoferrari458]

Why can you get in trouble for counterfeiting a foreign currency. So like if I'm in France and make fake 100$ US bills how's that illegal? 🤔 seems suspicious.

[@Alsry1]

@@theenzoferrari458 diplomacy reasons. You sure do not want your country to support counterfeiting the currency of a world power.

[@theenzoferrari458]

@@Alsry1 I didn't say anything about supporting. It's not like the France government or whatever country went "hey I want you to make a bunch of this other countries money" they could've just turned a blind eye.

[@Alsry1]

@@theenzoferrari458 that’s like saying you have a criminal living as your neighbor, you sure as hell are not “just letting them do their thing”.

[@spikesmth]

I used to be a bank teller (probably 2012-2013) and we did a lot of cash transactions at my branch. One day I got a deposit of a few thousand dollars from a local bar including lots of hundreds. I ran the stack through the counting machine (which had a counterfeit detection feature) and everything checked out. After I processed the transaction and was handling the money to place into my till... one of the $100s "didn't feel right." The new blue Benjamins had just been released but this bill was of the old type. I ran it through the machine again, clear. I marked it with the detector pen, clear. Showed it to my manager... who said, well, if it passed the checks then it should be ok. Thing was, it had this kind of waxy coating on it which I suspected was fooling the ink test. So I put a small tear in a corner, tested with the pen again, and sure enough it was a fake. I'm convinced it was one of these NK masterpieces. So we sent it to the secret service and that was the last I heard about it.

[@jadedandbitter]

No, you can bet your ass the NK bills pass the test without such an easy giveaway like a coating. As much effort as they put into it, they wouldn't cut a corner like that.

[@lilyofshalott]

The NK’s were actually better than real ones (printing “errors” are actually security features). The marker tests for starch- meaning paper money- the NK fakes were the correct blend of fibers

[@JohnS-er7jh]

interesting. I have had bills that didn't feel right, my only 'expertise" is I stil mostly use cash/no cards and have been doing so for 40 years. I wonder if I had a counterfeit bill that I received from a store, and then used again and nobody noticed it.

[@technophant]

Feel and sound is one of the best tests

[@duggydugg3937]

​@@JohnS-er7jh government buying fed res notes from the NGO 'fed' is far far worse... govt forces our tax debt higher buying imitation USD from feddy.. feddy is owned by central banksters... rockies.. rothies et al...

[@cedricye1767]

People, before you start commenting about no sponsor, *there is literally a hello fresh link in the description*

[@gregorkorosec6131]

What? He literally advertises them for the last minute fo the video, who's saying there's no sponsor?

[@cedricye1767]

@@gregorkorosec6131 i came withen 5 minutes of the upload and everyone was like "deres no sponsa"

[@DJTechYT]

2:17 “On denominations higher than the $1 bill” 2:30 “All bills five or above…” $2 bill: Am I a joke to you?

[@mrmimeisfunny]

Yes

[@BatCaveOz]

Yes.

[@nyanSynxPHOENIX]

$3 bill: 👁️👄👁️

[@diamonddemon7612]

what about the $4.99 bill

[@KileLevi]

@Funtime Florian Yes the $2 bill exists. Walk into any bank and request one. They’re not rare but they’re like the $1 coins, no one cares to use them so they’re not common place but easily obtainable.

[@fissionabledolphin]

No… this can’t be…. An HAI video without a sponsor at the beginning? This is impossible, this must be a facade! They must’ve been hacked! Sam are you okay??? Have you been captured?

[@AbsoluteGorbSupreme]

Shhhh

[@pacianwagner9941]

I guess this video was too BRILLIANT for a sponsor.

[@namenamename390]

This confused me to no end

[@itismethatguy]

@@pacianwagner9941 yeah...but not too fresh for Hello Fresh

[@AliFatCat]

Lol@@pacianwagner9941

[@cfltheman]

The counterfeiting problem was so bad in the 1860's that the Secret Service was created to deal with it.

[@kulrigalestout]

So thanks to the vending machine lobby, the $1 is the easiest bill to counterfeit, and thanks to the vending machine in the lobby, the $1 bill is the most useful bill to counterfeit. Neat!

[@wingracer1614]

Would still cost more than 1 dollar to make a good 1 dollar bill. I mean it would be like counterfeiting pennies. It's a losing proposition.

[@dasamont8274]

@@wingracer1614 counterfeit 1 dollar bills to stick it to the man

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

@@wingracer1614 unless someone could mass produce them profitably (which seems unlikely).

[@dabbasw31]

@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis Then he or she would sit on a massive pile (maybe millions) of 1 dollar bills. What to do with these? Buy a car or a house? Nope. :) Deposit them at the bank? That would look a little bit suspicious.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

@@dabbasw31 What you'd do is overtime, go around and ask cashiers to give you 5s and 10s for your ones. This will consolidate your five million (for simplicity's sake) ones into, say, 250,000 10s and 500,000 5s. Then do the same thing again but up to 20s, so that you'd have 250,000 20s. Now when you want to buy that 1,000 dollar flat screen, it'll look normal.

[@jdatlas4668]

*starts furiously taking notes* no, no, this is just a science project

[@hobbymaniac101]

*furiously making notes

[@jjjoshiii6659]

ive seen you on 2 videos in the same hour how does this happen

[@jdatlas4668]

@@jjjoshiii6659 i'm e v e r y w h e r e

[@re.liable]

This is a science project about bricks

[@mike140298]

Just make sure you don't end your research here. There are probably way more security features in them than mentioned in this video, and a lot of them won't be publicly known...

[@FinalSentinel]

Why make a fake dollar bill when you can just pump out another half as interesting episode while holding Wendover Sam hostage.

[@cerjmedia]

well, it's because a fake dollar bill has value, duh

[@simondesmond3574]

because demonitization.

[@cody481]

Since every bill we have has no real value aren't they all fake? The Federal reserve has nothing to do with our government.

[@Universe2]

misterdark?

[@Nhatanh0475]

@@cody481 It has value, you can take a 5 dollar bill go out and buy a meal, or bricks. The value is the trust of you and other in that piece of cloths. Every value is base on trust.

[@Marylandbrony]

I’m going to use my superdollars to not buy hello fresh but instead pay to win Raid Shadow Legends.

[@srpenguinbr]

So that they later get accused of using counterfeit money and go to jail

[@jeffbenton6183]

How do you use counterfeit paper currency in an online transaction?

[@srpenguinbr]

@@jeffbenton6183 find a way to exchange it for real money and put it on your account

[@Aztesticals]

I haven't watched the full video but I'd like to point out something. In my area there was just a massive bust over fake 10 dollar bills. They had proper ink color and correct kind of fiber feel that's all. None of the special security features. It's estimated that over 100k of fake 10 bills were being circulated. All because Noone not even I who accepted several of them at my gas station takes the time to check a 10 more than make sure it feels right and looks right. If you counterfeit a 10. Noone besides a bank will take the time to tell the difference. I check 50s and 100s. And I check 20s if they are an old looking denomination or are too crisp. But who thinks to check 10 dollar bills under the light

[@eeyjug9849]

When I worked as a cashier, I never had any reason to care. The only bill I ever turned down was one dude who had a fake bill with trump on it which he handed as a joke. There really wasn't ever good reason to care since that money would just be going to rich parasites anyways

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Most fakes are caught by the feel. People who handle money every day are pretty good at detecting something different. I prefer plastic so the two $5 dollar bills in my wallet can stay in pristine condition. lol

[@wildestcowboy2668]

@@LuvBorderCollies I agree with you except for the fact I run a huge savage yard and being in Mississippi their a little slow here!

[@AwokenEntertainment]

this is exactly why the restaurant I work with doesn't accept any of the old $100 bills at all..

[@vsync]

if people are paying after they eat, you must accept them

[@vladtepes481]

The super bills were indeed quite good but, for those in the know, were in fact distinguishable. The paper even though very good was also distinguishable. The paper used for US currency is basically 18th century writing paper with a few enhancements (e.g. the red and blue fibers).

[@pretzelbomb6105]

Makes sense, the company hasn’t changed since the Revolution

[@justayoutuber1906]

wrong. you need to research better

[@jokepp]

@@justayoutuber1906 not helpful

[@LuvBorderCollies]

In the early to mid 1990's Iran was dumping a lot of counterfeit US bills on the world markets. It was an attempt to sink the US dollar by doubt of authenticity. The US govt sold Iran the machines to print money, however that was when the Shah was in power. The Secret Service was going nuts trying to stem the flood of fakes. They must have "solved" the problem not long after.

[@vladtepes481]

@@LuvBorderCollies I know quite a bit about the superbills as I worked on this project. It was AFTER the Shah had left power by quite a number of years.

[@theneonbop]

if we have perfect superdollars than we wouldn't know that we had perfect superdollars

[@ShadowsOfTheSky]

🤯

[@prithvishetty6938]

intelligence agencies are the only option then

[@mikefromwa]

Exactly.

[@SourDonut99]

There can be no perfect super dollar even if they stole printing plates from america because bills are serialized. Print a bill with a duplicate serial and you have a problem. Print a bill with an unregistered serial and you have a problem.

[@joseislanio8910]

@@SourDonut99 exactly! People seem to forget that every bill has a unique number.

[@Fsast9707]

Last time I was this early the ruthless dictator was being removed by another ruthless dictator which removed the previous ruthless dictator

[@edwinhuang9244]

And then that got replaced by a republic except no it didn't it got replaced by a ruthless dictator.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

We apologize for the fault in the government. The ruthless dictator responsible has been sacked.

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@macdjord]

"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?!?"

[@jayski9410]

One of the most common ways we'd see counterfeits at the retail level was the bleaching of 1's or 5's and printing 20's or 100's on them. That way they had the right "paper" but the watermark was wrong. The thing is during busy times, cashiers can't take the time (or forget) to check all the bills that go thru their hands. The holiday shopping season was the best time for counterfeiters.

[@alexm566]

what time was that?

[@eeyjug9849]

I never checked when I worked as a cashier. I had no reason to care. The money was just going to add more to the fortunes of some rich parasite owner

[@SpaceRanger187]

mail ones to china and they will send u back 100s printed that pass all the test

[@Nhatanh0475]

They can trace it through camera and other possible method.

[@reallifelima7951]

@@eeyjug9849 sucks for the poor customer that ends up with one of those bills as change tho

[@HappyHands.]

when i was young I once had a 50 dollar bill that did not have "In God we Trust" on it. No merchant would take it, everyone kept saying it was counterfeit. i took it to the bank and the banker confirmed that it was real and that they were printed without the "In god we trust" before 1950, and advised me to keep it. But being a young person, i just wanted to spend it and i was angry that the merchants tried to make it look like i was doing something illegal. so i exchanged it for 10s.

[@HPSshorts]

This is the best video about bricks uploaded

[@notaplic8158]

Made by the best brick channel in the world

[@HPSshorts]

@@notaplic8158 yes

[@baylinkdashyt]

We are all over in the comments of the actual How It's Made video about bricks wondering where the hell Sam is. I'm not making that up even a little bit.

[@HPSshorts]

@@baylinkdashyt I love that fact

[@-SimonRiley]

"The United States of HAI" 😂

[@mildmixchintu1717]

"Try them out" I thought he was talking about counterfeits

[@tech4life884]

Hello Fresh is extremely expensive. The same products at the grocery store are less than 1/3 the cost and you don't have to wait for the food nor get extremely small portions.

[@tomkandy]

Yet another youtube sponsor scam

[@dlxmarks]

Meal-kit companies don't claim to be competitive with the grocery store. They're meant for lazy entitled people that insist on getting everything delivered because they like to pretend that they are just too too busy to pick up anything themselves.

[@broark88]

What's important about all those bank notes is not that they said "two dollars" on them, but that 2 ounces of silver were on deposit and redeemable at the bank who issued the note. Under that system, counterfeiting - official or not - was considered fraud. Today, it's considered quantitative easing.

[@cameroneridan4558]

Quantitative Easing is something only a central bank can do. Counterfeiting money is not quantitative easing.

[@cooked.gaming]

@@cameroneridan4558 That's his point - fiat currency is unbacked by anything except the power of the whole economy. Printing money in a central bank is stealing value of the money from it's holders.

[@cameroneridan4558]

@@cooked.gaming no, he's claiming that counterfeiting money is quantitative easing, which it is not and quantitative easing hardly has anything to do with it. You want him to be making a point so you're inventing one for him but he's not. He's just trying to use big words to seem smart. Most money on earth today is made by commercial banks not central ones. Commercial banks drive inflation, central banks usually try to slow it down to a more reasonable pace. Printing physical money mostly serves replacing destroyed money and creating physical representation for all the digital money commercial banks pull out of thin air and devalue currency with.

[@cooked.gaming]

@@cameroneridan4558 no hes claiming that quantitative easing is essentially counterfeiting, because the creation of money like that has no intrinsic value - you have flipped it. I dont know about other countries but in AU and the US the central banks perform this by pumping money through the commercial banks, giving them the money to be able to give loans, which is what i presume you mean when you say the commercial banks create most money. Yes many banks may loan money they technically don’t have, also inflating the economy, but there are legal limits to that, to some extent. Its the RBA in Australia which fundamentally is the originator of the money. The difference between commercial banks and central banks is pretty insignificant as far as inflation is concerned. Either way you are missing the point - his comment was a criticism of fiat currency. A reserve currency is much much less likely to cause hyperinflation, etc., and can often be deflationary, which is bad for banks and governments (in general) but good for the people who actually own and produce the value of the nation. (Again, in general). In the weimar republic the inflation crisis was literally caused by the government reducing or removing the need for currency to be 100% backed by silver or gold, causing a printing party and subsequent bank runs as people clued in, plunging Germany’s entire economy into chaos.

[@cameroneridan4558]

@@cooked.gaming dude. You're flipping what he said to make it make sense, I'm pointing out that what he said makes no sense. You and I are correct, he is not.

[@oliverbanks3396]

I absolutely adore Scottish money, still to this day Scottish banks produce their own notes, including the lowest sterling denomination banknote, the RBS £1 note

[@Havron]

I have one depicting Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone!

[@gurrrn1102]

Clydesdale £20s are beautiful

[@dairebulson7122]

Perhaps, one day when I travel to Scotland, I will have the opportunity to see them in person...

[@Robert-hr6sh]

And to note; A bit Sheepish.

[@georgebrantley776]

How do Scots know how to trust a bill or not if there's many variations of money?

[@MidnightSt]

hello fresh: you know... until now I actually believed that "I've been using them long before they became a sponsor, and I have the recipe collection to prove it!"... until I've heard it now from you, third separate content creator.

[@Frostbiker]

It may be true. They may have been giving it away to content creators for free prior to approaching them for sponsorship. Playing the long con.

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Yeah they are just reading add copy for sure they didnt get it before it was a sponsor

[@lagritsalammas]

I have a vague memory of Sam using Blue Apron “for a year”. But don’t quote me on this, might be the Mandela effect.

[@Crucisphinx]

I mean, I know at least 4 people who keep the really good recipe cards with the rest of their recipes… not including me. 🤷🏽‍♀️ It’s not at all weird to keep recipe cards and the sponsor probably had a script knowing that.

[@4.0.4]

Good catch, but it's possible they hand it out for free to content creators with the intention of getting them to vouch for the product.

[@archer18sm70]

"The process is somewhat costly" Denomination Printing Costs $20 11.2 cents per note $50 11.0 cents per note $100 14.0 cents per note stonks

[@AgentTasmania]

I expect it's more about setup costs, the super precise tools to do the fine printing costs a buttload up front then work efficiently for a good while.

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@xDerpiicity]

Read up on economy of scales. The government prints so many bills to the point where it is indeed profitable. Anything smaller and smaller will be more expensive

[@reinatr4848]

Capital costs & economies of scale

[@georgejob7544]

The USA could follow and use polyester notes! Difficult to counterfeit!

[@MakerInMotion]

I would think the fact it's only worth $1 would be enough of a deterrent to keep people from counterfeiting the $1 bill. After all the expense involved in the printing operation, why bother? I'm with the vending machine lobby on this one.

[@jeffbenton6183]

The problem, is that the most popular way to counterfeit US dollars is to bleach a $1 bill and print the $100 design on it. Obviously this only works with the old $100, but this would be even harder to pull off if the $1 bill had the similar (but differently placed) security features as the other bills.

[@bustercrabbe8447]

This is called a 'super bill', and here in Boston over by Brewer Fountain in Boston Common an Aisan guy was passing them out at $100 each to just anybody. He was reported to the police by homeless people. This happened about 20 years ago.

[@Discosaturn]

(Worker accidentally puts a typo on a counterfeit dollar bill) "You misspelled Washington as WAHSINGTON! You go to labor camp!"

[@stw7120]

They can't go to a labor camp when they're already in a labor camp

[@marcpatzelt2430]

No, they just kill him.

[@ManoMamyte]

GEORGE WASHING MACHINE LMAO

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Waluigi: "Well I thought I did a good job..."

[@juliogonzo2718]

"In dog we trust"

[@aferotorrington1909]

I kinda thought this said how north korea made the perfect country.

[@viktorbirkeland6520]

How north Korea made the perfect $100 country. Hands down a good video idea

[@thepenguin9]

Depends who you ask

[@Geo.StoryMaps]

They did thru communism and it is clearly the best country in the world... If you're Kim

[@w82290]

You should go there :troll:

[@viktorbirkeland6520]

@@Geo.StoryMaps my comment got deleted because I mentioned their "work camps" by a synonym, if you catch my drift

[@michaela.2636]

Seems like Hello Fresh is sponsoring everyone these days.

[@speedbirdconcorde001]

Well, the HK flag in 1990 was different to the one that you showed, since it was still under the British

[@MrJdebest]

Many countries have moved onto polymer bills , which have many security features. Also getting rid of the dollar bill and replacing it with a dollar coin would save many millions of dollars. Coins can be in circulation for 50 years, paper currency only lasts 3 - 5 years.

[@SoməøneXD]

they tried makingg dollar coins, didn't work. people just prefer having bills. plus, they're more convenient to carry around as they're thin and light.

[@spacehawkreviewsvideos8262]

North Korea = The direct-to-DVD spin-off sequel to the Soviet Union

[@cory4163]

There the best spin off, screw communist china

[@4.0.4]

Surprisingly it's nowhere near as bad as the Soviet Union was. I mean, it's hard to beat the numbers from the famine caused by the Soviets' (or the Chinese) Communism.

[@dbojangles1597]

@@4.0.4 Only because they have fewer people. It's not like NK didn't have its famine problems

[@anivicuno9473]

​@@4.0.4 It's even harder to beat the numbers put up by the UK in Ireland and Bengal, when scaled for population.

[@Max_Jacoby]

@@4.0.4 It's hard to beat the numbers of deaths caused by american democracy they're falsely trying to bring around the world while doing their shady business.

[@annbacerra]

The fact that the Orange 10 and the Yellow on the 50 are so close in color and so close in position consistently boggles my mind. I've been thinking about this for 15 years. Washing 10s in to 50s seems entirely too easy to slip by an inattentive cashier.

[@jeffbenton6183]

But the fifty has a stylised US flag in the background, with the big blue field on the left, and red stripes on the right. The ten has a big red statue of liberty torch on the left and a white oval on the right. The portraits are also looking in opposite directions, with one being a close-up of Hamilton's clean shaven face and the other having more of Grant's shoulders in the shot. There's no confusing the two

[@rexcolt9742]

Caspian Report already made a video about this. Good complement

[@HotelPapa100]

That the paper is made from fibers that are more commonly used in textiles does not make it "not paper". Before we started making paper form wood fibers, ALL paper was made of rags. It's not a fabric,it's still a chaotic assembly of fibers, just as any old paper. It does have a special feel though.

[@tracerbullet8563]

“You should really try them out” instructions unclear, now in prison for counterfeiting

[@ryanroberts1104]

I own a very old bank building that used to print their own money in the basement. I have a few of the old bills, and yes, they very much look like monopoly money!

[@stressed2289]

what do they look like?

[@Abdega]

You should do a video on some of them! I’d watch it

[@scottydude456]

Thank you Sam for making enjoyable content, u the GOAT at making semi-educational and satirical KZbin videos

[@gabbismith]

hai: “here are some of the mistakes north korea made in their superdollars” the labor camp supervisor: write that down, write that down! some poor guy who doesn’t want 3 generations of his family executed:🥲✍🏼

[@Maple-Sizzurp]

The mistakes are most likely on purpose so they could tell the difference between their own money and the legitimate ones

[@bobsacamano2948]

sad that people have to worry about that

[@natchu96]

@@Maple-Sizzurp ...wait, why would you even need to know? If other people could tell the difference as well it defeats the entire point of printing them.

[@angelmoreno9339]

@@natchu96 so that they can exchange fake money for real money and not recieve their own fake money later on

[@Maple-Sizzurp]

@@natchu96 most prolific counterfeiters add their own "signature" small things that normal people won't notice but they know is there. But also so they can identify it in the wild, or see how far it reaches or not get ripped off with their own money

[@LegIIAVGCA]

The Federal Government did issue interest paper notes before 1861. They were issued in 1815, 1845 (pay for Texas cost), 1857 to 1861 when the government was broke!! $50 and higher so people did not see them… First Greenbacks were issued in 1861 $5, $10 & $20. They still issued $100 to $1000. Was in April 1862, that the newer Legal tenders from $5 to $1000 were issued then in Aug 1762, $1 and $2

[@garrysekelli6776]

They still aren't issued by the federal government. They are issued by a private banking family called the federal reserve. Which despite it's name is a private corporation.

[@WillTellU]

Sam admitted to being rich enough to constantly eat take out

[@mr.kenway4554]

High blood pressure is gonna be the end of him.

[@jaykay4137]

I was once handed a very convincing counterfeit $50 bill with a watermark of Lincoln instead of Grant. I worked in fastfood for two years and handled a lot of cash, including a couple amateur counterfeits. That $50 bill was not the work of an amateur, and I wouldn't have caught it if I wasn't already in the habit of checking the watermarks.

[@eeyjug9849]

I never cared about counterfeit when I worked as a cashier. Never saw any reason to. The money was just going to some rich parasite anyways

[@eeyjug9849]

@Zookeeper !!! Have you ever worked a job before?

[@terrylake22]

It was a bleached 5

[@petersmythe6462]

I saw someone where I worked show up and buy fast food with an old hundred like these. Noticed his wallet had more near identical hundreds in it. In fact, only hundreds. I asked the manager to do a thorough examination of the hundred. They did. It seemed legit. I told them about the sketchy situation. At the end of the day, the safe would not count that hundred at all. It simply didn't think it was money. Good to know that the Workers Party of Korea will be making excellent use of our company's money. Lord knows the franchise owner or execs don't need it.

[@NotChicoAndPico]

Except the money loss is not towards the big men up top, but whoever owns the franchise branch this happened in. Sometimes that person is rich, sometimes it was just someone that wanted to start a business and bit the bullet regarding opening it as a franchise branch. (This is in general for others to know, you yourself know better than me how the situation would be at your own place)

[@adobotravels]

Everybody gangsta until DPRK makes their US $100 bill

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Before it was redesigned with the bigger off center oval portrait, counterfeit $100 bills were reportedly produced in Iran. Room 39 in North Korea is said to be next to a place where counterfeit Viagra, more potent than the genuine item, was produced.

[@egoalter1276]

Sildenofil has been a publically availible genericum patent for decades. There is no reason to counterifeint viagra.

[@Abdega]

@@egoalter1276 Sildenafil citrate patent expired in a lot of countries in 2013 If this happened before then, it seems like a feasible claim

[@mayukh_nath]

Last time I was this early, the Koreas were still united.

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@tdestroyer1882]

I won’t be surprised if we have headlines “North Korea creates hyperinflation around the world US declared war and the world will soon be destroyed in nuclear war”

[@itismethatguy]

More like US and North Korea both create hyper inflation

[@jeffbenton6183]

Also, there's no way a war between the US and North Korea would go nuclear. If the US wanted to level that much destruction and the DPRK, they wouldn't need nukes to do it. No sense irradiating their own ally (South Korea).

[@itismethatguy]

@@jeffbenton6183 they did that many times...

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@itismethatguy are you talking about the Japanese fishermen who suffered radiation poisoning from Bikini Atoll tests? Above ground nuclear tests were banned over 50 years ago. The US hasn't been nuking anything were radiation could leak since then, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

[@floramew]

"In any other circumstance you should try them out!" Okay, I'll use my countertfeit $100s if you say so... /jk. To be clear. Cia don't come for me I don't actually have any 😂

[@clee8768]

Fun fact. You wouldn't be visited by the CIA. The Secret Service deals with counterfeiting which is why they were founded after the Civil War. As was mentioned there was a ton of counterfeiting going on at the time. And one of my brother's friends may have had such a visit and gotten his family's computer and printer confiscated. They don't fool around.

[@stephenmontgomery5807]

Back in 2008-2010 my area was flooded with fake $10 bills. Smaller bills aren’t checked like a $50

[@jiminauburn5073]

That is why a lot of places will not take US $100s from 1996 or earlier. Because of the counterfeits. When I went to China in the early 2000s, they would not exchange any bills from 1996 or earlier.

[@manghariz2211]

This sequel to the brick video is interesting. It would be interesting to see how brick is acquired in other parts of the world

[@christopherstewart3650]

In Scotland we still have different banks printing money

[@acb9896]

Haud yer wheesht! Ye donnae want to be gevvin awah th' goats, lad.

[@winconfig]

0:14 : Our currency isn't issued by the United States Federal government. Currency is issued by The Federal Reserve Bank - a private bank. Please include the correction in your annual video of corrections.

[@jeffbenton6183]

The Federal Reserve is a public-private partnership partly owned by the federal government. It is not a private bank

[@winconfig]

@@jeffbenton6183 It's a private bank comprised of several failed attempts form other failed central banks. The Creature From Jekyll Island has all the information you need regarding this.

[@jeffbenton6183]

I'll have to do more research, then.

[@InvagPrune]

I suppose he is technically correct as he says that the bills before 1861 were NOT from the government, but yeah ofc that implies that bills after were

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

The Federal Reserve is NOT a private bank. It is controlled by the Board of Governors who are appointed by the President.

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Back in my Emerald Triangle days- I knew someone who got 50k in NK NOTES, from a dispensary. It would click the money counter, held to the light had watermarks, even the famous strip on the bill- which could not be pulled out. The fact the serial numbers were only three numbers gave it away... Being able to pull the strip is the only way to tell- the fake hundreds click a counter, but that strip can't be pulled as it's printed and not embedded. He had a party and burned it- twenty pounds of Humboldt lost to a dispensary that gave out fake cash.

[@alpineghost8685]

Those new super dollars are probably so perfect that they don’t even know it’s counterfeit

[@JohnDlugosz]

Jokes on them... The U.S. knows about the infux and just reduces its own printing schedule to compensate. They save 11 cents per bill, letting North Korea print our money for us.

[@justayoutuber1906]

It took the SS years to discover them

[@absolutium]

@@JohnDlugosz So they trade the bills for goods and not only they skip inflation.. but take it directly to you.

[@guspolly]

Nobody’s gonna mention that weird-ass Monopoly board?

[@61rampy65]

Wow, I didn't even notice that! Weird.

[@obroni]

Since Monopoly is now out of copyright, there are a whole lot of variant boards out there, including this 2-level one and several 3-level ones. I've never played, but I assume these drag-out an already lengthy board game even longer than usual!

[@guspolly]

@@obroni Monopoly is absolutely still in copyright. Hasbro continues to renew it. But all the knockoffs are juuuuust different enough to skirt by.

[@guspolly]

@@obroni Also, Monopoly isn’t that long if you don’t use house rules. Properties go to auction if not bought, no extra free parking money, no double for landing on Go, etc. All the house rules do is add money into the game economy, and in a game whose point is to bankrupt everyone else, that’ll necessarily draw it out.

[@SamSung-jq4ho]

Sam 5:20 : "However, in any other circumstance, you should really try them out" Me: *thinking he means superdollars*

[@Redvines69]

2 things...I think we need a video about Room 39, and just wondering why making a new 100 dollar bill made the "superdollars" not a thing, we still use older bills lol.

[@anon36522]

Nothing like sweeping that whole "Gold & Silver" problem under rug and creating a more damaging one

[@Suspended4thYT]

Something I read in a novel ... ----------------- US bills are all the same size, no matter the value. Apparently this is quite rare, with most currencies having different sized notes for each note value eg. £5, £10, £20 all get bigger in size, same with Euros. In theory, the US bills could be counterfeited by washing the cotton/fibre material that the bills are printed on and reprinting them with higher denominations - for example, washing a $1 bill and reprinting it to value it at $100. ---------------------- As I said, read it in a novel, so probably bollox, but it does seem strange that US dollar bills are all the same size

[@terezacrisu8896]

HAI has hit some hard times, no sponser today EDIT: Wait theres just no intro? bruh

[@aspacenerdfromflorida1134]

r u ok

[@luccazafado]

there is @ 5:12

[@justinshamch2547]

3:26 That's illegal! You're talking 'bout 1990, when Hong Kong was still a British colony. Why use the HKSAR flag for things before '97?

[@justinshamch2547]

@bruh meme ok fine I undestand.

[@BEM684]

I bookmarked this the day it came out and didn't watch it until now. And I'm holding a bottle of Mountain Dew Baja Blast at this moment. Obviously this was cosmically ordained destiny.

[@andrewanderson4555]

Lol

[@philiphockenbury6563]

Also a fun fact, the reason US dollars are green is because of the fact that the very specific green ink made for the dollar was very hard to replicate. Way back in the 1860’s. Before then you could literally get a camera and just photograph the bills and get good enough results. But because they used color, and a specific specialty recipe ink color, it helped to make dollars harder to counterfeit.

[@lohme21]

When he said 'You should really try it out!' I thought he was referring to my counterfeit notes...

[@fpgamer4566]

5:28 "have hundreds of recipe pages to prove it" *Shows one recipe page*

[@juster1269]

The secret of your future is hidden in your day routine . Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally

[@Ellotrades]

You are right man, investment is the key

[@harzardfreeman3058]

@@Ellotrades The rich see the economic crisis as a garage sale, that’s why investing in bitcoin now will be the best decision.

[@MikeSmith-uy6fd]

I see crypto currency taking over the financial world it’s making waves

[@adalenebella1356]

Do you really know him?

[@estellediane5759]

@@adalenebella1356 I made profit of $8000 trading with him last week

[@bobjacobson858]

Actually, the current $1 note hasn't changed substantially since the introduction of Series 1963, which was the introduction of Federal Reserve Notes in this denomination which incorporated an asymmetrical border design. The previous version (the Silver Certificates, which included Series 1928, 1934, 1935 and 1957) had a different border design on the front, and the current design of the back started with Series 1935. (The 1928 and 1934 series had sort of a "funny money" back, just as the $500, $1000, $5000 and $10,000 bills had). Only the $2 bill still has the same border design on the front that it had on the Series 1928 United States Notes. The design on the back, of course, was changed in 1976 with the introduction of the Bicentennial Federal Reserve Notes on which Monticello was replaced by the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. The $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 denominations kept the same front border designs from 1928 until the "big-headed" versions came out around the turn of the century (different years for different denominations) for added security. The backs of the old notes remained the same except for slight modifications of the White House on the back of the $20. The $500, $1000, $5000 and $10,000 denominations kept essentially the same front and back designs throughout the 1928 and 1934 series, and were discontinued afterward. The $100,000 Gold Certificate had an orange "funny money" back, but this denomination (printed only for 1934) was never released for public use, but rather used only for intrabank transfers. The motto "In God We Trust" was added to all the $1 through $100 denominations starting about 1957.

[@mattlynzt]

Thanks again for so much info and taking your time to write all this! Are you a numismatist? I had to search up to see what it's called hahah

[@unclejoe6811]

After the verbage of redeemable in silver was removed in god we trust was added

[@Mr.Septon]

Hands down, you guys are my favourite channel about making bricks. No one else even compares in the game.

[@se7ensnakes]

Most of our money comes from commercial banks. When you use a credit that, for example, is brand new money that the bank created out of nothing and loan it to you so they could get interest from you.

[@shunyat9023]

Half as Interesting without a sponsor intro is just Half.

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@munenex]

Narrator: ...And the trickle of superdollars from rm 39 has come to a fault... Kim Jong Un: or has it?

[@clintonj.johnson9879]

Investing is buying yourself a better future you don't have to work hard.

[@jamesonbilton2363]

What investment information do you have?

[@deandonald2761]

@Alex Stein I am actually looking for a good trader to help me with my investment, any ideas?

[@clintonj.johnson9879]

I'm a fan of crypto, I hold some few coins in my wallet.

[@deandonald2761]

@Alex Stein I would love to get in touch with this expert, how do I go about that?

[@jessieandres2306]

I'm surprise someone mentioned Nura Carvalho, he has been helping me make profit from crypto trading for a year now.

[@francisjoubert9001]

I love the fact that you put the advice at the END

[@acb9896]

Fun Fact: 20,000 pounds is TEN tons Why would anyone one think its 9?

[@CaptHowdy-ym8px]

Watched this saying how impossible it is to counterfeit money after watching a video of a guy (was caught) who made the most believable counterfeit money that would fool the people who worked in banks until they ran it in a machine. The agents were impressed when he showed them how he did it. Which led to other videos of other counterfeiters who fooled people and banks without mass amounts of money behind them. They all figured ways around the “high tech” things on the bills to make them seem more real.

[@RedditNovelties]

Same

[@juanportela9946]

Fun fact: in canada, they allow Canadian tire to print their own banknotes

[@almostfm]

They're not strictly banknotes-they're actually coupons that Canadian Tire issues. But a fair number of people will treat them like cash, and some businesses will accept them as payment.

[@MrNYSE-tp8mf]

@@almostfm coupons?

[@almostfm]

@@MrNYSE-tp8mf Basically, yes. You'd earn a certain amount of Canadian Tire Money depending on your purchase if you paid cash. You could then redeem them for money off a future purchase.

[@Superbug-tf8zy]

@@MrNYSE-tp8mf They kind of work like 5c and 10c and if you are lucky, 50c banknotes

[@jinsai8064]

When you realize 5 dollars in 1860 is worth almost 200 dollars today

[@mikmik9034]

I was under the impression currently 20% of the 20USD bills were from Russian Printing offices? And an untold number of larger bill are suspicious? Way back in the 1960-1970s a Secret Service lecturer told my group that likely 50% of the then 5USD bills were Korean Counterfeits, and to remove them from circulation would ruin the U.S. economy.

[@nick066hu]

The pre-2013 $100 banknotes are still valid. Why would then North Korea operation suddenly come to a halt? ...they might have increasing difficulties to use these older banknotes in large quantities, but for moderate amounts and especially in third countries it could still be profitable.

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

As a variant, they created super-super dollars that are so good, they havnt been caught ever since?

[@swagnut9864]

Had no idea how good these counterfeits can be. Going to check my bills now lol

[@DJRay-oc9su]

I work at a beer store and i was given one these

[@SkiDaBird]

Why did they stop printing though? Old series bills are still valid. Like yeah, if you have a huge stack of them, sure it's suspicious, but if it actually passes all the teller checks, it doesn't matter if its suspicious.

[@bobboberson8297]

They probably didn't stop until a few years after the new security features were added and having old money in perfect condition would be suspect

[@jeffbenton6183]

Also, the video shows that there were a few imperfections, so someone who knows what to look for will easily tell the difference if looking carefully. And you bet anyone who actually accepts a $100 is going to be looking carefully.

[@justayoutuber1906]

NK got into Bitcoin fraud instead....

[@johnkabiro7098]

There is risk in everything,so be prepared for ups and downs.

[@tonywells9608]

Diversification is relevant, and once you have confidence in your investment, you can adjust your profit and make bigger bets.

[@johnkabiro7098]

Just do the necessary research, study and analyze before making any investment.

[@tonywells9608]

@@johnkabiro7098 From the research I have done so far as old as the pandemic the word is out, Bitcoin May reach $100k by next year, and is going to change a lot of people's life.

[@genitarraw5463]

Many people are struggling from grass to grass, the concept of Bitcoin after it became a household name.

[@johnkabiro7098]

@T Classic Really sad to know you Buy and hold.the best way to make money in Bitcoin is not storing, you trade in the forex market. As you're a beginner and don't know how to do this.i can recommend a certified broker for you.

[@glennabate1708]

They should use bar codes on currency’s

[@Will-bo7kg]

You know your currency is crap when counterfeiter do it better 😂

[@BelcarrigFarm]

The euro has way more security features than dollars. Even the 0 euro note has security features. Us dollar feel like monopoly money compared to the iconic feel of a euro note

[@amanda1271]

0 euro?

[@RICKY12341100]

@@amanda1271 yes there is a real oficial 0 euro bill. It's more a souvenir for tourist since each euro country has his own 0 euro bill with landmarks and such.

[@BelcarrigFarm]

@@amanda1271 it exists look it up

[@igorokinamujika2073]

@@RICKY12341100 I live in the eurozone and this is the first time I heard about a 0€ bill. From what I could find in the web, its not official.

[@foremanhaste5464]

0:12 *Pauses video to Google Honeyfuggling* It's a real word. Who would have guessed it wasn't just a Samism?

[@lynnwood7205]

They have to place intentional errors so they know their counterfeit currency is not being purchased by counterfeit currency. Ah the wonders of free markets.

[@albertocisneros7734]

wow! never thought of this,

[@jadedandbitter]

Or just make it so good that its literally indistinguishable in every way and then you dont have to sell it, you just use it. It may as well BE actual money at that point.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

@@jadedandbitter Serial numbers, how do you get them registered at the central bank?

[@jadedandbitter]

@@jannikheidemann3805 you duplicate existing serials; it gets caught eventually, but it's not going to get caught until it cycles back to a bank, and only then if its doppelganger has cycled back previously and is still present. And if your counterfeit is literally identical to the original, then they have to figure out which is the counterfeit without being able to truly prove it.

[@stegra5960]

I saw a documentary many years ago about counterfeit GB pounds coming in from NK. The expert said the minute variations were likely deliberate so that NK were able to identify the fakes. Not sure why they needed to.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

They have to tell if someone pays for fake bills using fake bills.

[@WinterGamesYT]

2:36 you know what else glows in UV light, sam?

[@greenor3]

I want my face in a 3 dollar bill or something ngl

[@MrNYSE-tp8mf]

Let's make your face crypto coin

[@greenor3]

@@MrNYSE-tp8mf :D sounds better

[@oliverpepit1354]

Sam be like: I bought a stock photo subscription, imma use the whole stock footage subscription

[@falxie_]

I honestly kind of wonder if dumping a ton of bills would even work today, we seem kind of unphased by things that should cause inflation

[@Bustedkuhnuckles]

I HPE U AINT IN US BECAUSE INFALTION AHAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER

[@StevenBanks123]

Great and witty writing. That invisible security thread is imbedded in a visible strip.

[@thomastessier4529]

This could all be a ruse to usher in a global digital currency.