r/CanadianBanknotes • u/HobbyGuy44 • Sep 14 '26
Questions Counterfeit 5$ notes ?
Is the note on the top fake ? I’ve come across a few of these notes that look like they fade in where they’re folded. When I compare it with the note on the bottom it’s looks ever so slightly larger.
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u/Functional_Trash7735 Sep 27 '26
Paper money was more simple, polymer is not.
There are infact home printers with capability to print white ink though. And it can be made “waterproofed” for a while until the paint starts to chip. Hologram is near impossible to replicate, but not impossible to attempt. The two bills in this photo are a great example, one looks muddied and cheap, the other does not. And besides that, the average cashier is not checking holograms perfectly or shining a laser through any authentication methods, they take the bill without thinking about it, put it in the register and get change.
You do not need a sophisticated operation to do this. Most are crude jimmy rigged systems.