New Posts For Thread: Have people stopped counterfeiting bank notes?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notesRemember years ago constantly having them offered to buy in the pub not seen one for years. Are the securities now so sdvanced the conners can't produce them now??mate of mine just got six months in prison for forgery, he was filing the edges off 50p's and turning them into 10shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545956813#545956813mate of mine just got six months in prison for forgery, he was filing the edges off 50p's and turning them into 10sSun, 23 Aug 2015 13:27:26 -0500most people wont take €500 notesi had such a job getting one last christmashttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545954339#545954339most people wont take €500 notesi had such a job getting one last christmasSun, 23 Aug 2015 09:43:10 -0500Was in a clothes shop the other day and they put all notes through a machine to check they were genuine Can still get rid of fake £20s at music festival thoughhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545954037#545954037Was in a clothes shop the other day and they put all notes through a machine to check they were genuine Can still get rid of fake £20s at music festival thoughSun, 23 Aug 2015 09:13:35 -0500Interesting that the reason for changing the design each year is to make it easier for the experts to spot fakes. I'd have thought it makes it harder for the public, if we cannot be sure what the coins are supposed to look like. Most likely the Minthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545953899#545953899Interesting that the reason for changing the design each year is to make it easier for the experts to spot fakes. I'd have thought it makes it harder for the public, if we cannot be sure what the coins are supposed to look like. Most likely the MintSun, 23 Aug 2015 09:06:56 -0500@crags -- that is very interesting. I've just had a quick shufti at my "known fakes" pile (which I use for supermarket trollies) and can see the patterns the paper describes, with the inscribed, milled edge being a giveaway even after they forged thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545953855#545953855@crags -- that is very interesting. I've just had a quick shufti at my "known fakes" pile (which I use for supermarket trollies) and can see the patterns the paper describes, with the inscribed, milled edge being a giveaway even after they forged theSun, 23 Aug 2015 09:04:33 -0500Ramruma, over 50 million estimated to be in circulation. A new £1 coin that will be harder to fake is being introduced in 2017.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2918703/How-fake-1-coins-purse-Bank-England-chiefs-admit-currently-50-million-fakehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545952479#545952479Ramruma, over 50 million estimated to be in circulation. A new £1 coin that will be harder to fake is being introduced in 2017.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2918703/How-fake-1-coins-purse-Bank-England-chiefs-admit-currently-50-million-fakeSun, 23 Aug 2015 07:35:31 -0500Clydesdales were a problem.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545951439#545951439Clydesdales were a problem.Sun, 23 Aug 2015 05:19:01 -0500I think most people decline £50 notes because it's hard work spending them. Whenever I've paid with a fifty in the past I always feel a bit awkward because the cashiers always hold them up to the light, and turn the note round two or three times befhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545951243#545951243I think most people decline £50 notes because it's hard work spending them. Whenever I've paid with a fifty in the past I always feel a bit awkward because the cashiers always hold them up to the light, and turn the note round two or three times befSun, 23 Aug 2015 04:38:07 -0500Oh if people still avoid them then maybe there is a problem.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545951057#545951057Oh if people still avoid them then maybe there is a problem.Sun, 23 Aug 2015 04:00:24 -0500They are making their fortunes out of the pound coins... for the moment.Then they have improved immeasurably. It is some years since I've noticed someone deliberately passing me fakes (at one point I stopped using a particular fast food outlet, suchhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30574579/have-people-stopped-counterfeiting-bank-notes?post_id=545950949#545950949They are making their fortunes out of the pound coins... for the moment.Then they have improved immeasurably. It is some years since I've noticed someone deliberately passing me fakes (at one point I stopped using a particular fast food outlet, suchSun, 23 Aug 2015 03:32:45 -0500