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The fraud of passing off something of lesser value as the genuine article is the definition of counterfeiting.
by chuckadams 5mo ago
The fraud of passing off something of lesser value as the genuine article is the definition of counterfeiting.
- Uvix 5mo agoBut there is no such thing as a “genuine” $30 bill.
- chuckadams 5mo agoIf it's being passed off as money, then someone thought it was. I don't think the Secret Service cares if it's an invalid denomination or has Bozo the Clown on the front. Probably not a high priority for them given the overall lack of believability, but the attempt is what counts.
- 9935c101ab17a66 5mo agoI don't think that the parent comment is making the case it's not a crime, but rather that it's not specifically counterfeiting. There comment reads as playfully snarky to me, since, when discussing counterfeit currency, we almost always take counterfeit to mean "to make a fraudulent replica of". It's still fraud, and an attempt to deceive.
- iambateman 5mo agoIf you’ll allow yourself to go one step further in the pedantry, there is no such thing as genuine money either.
- margalabargala 5mo agoThere is if we agree that there is. Which we have.
- selimthegrim 5mo agoIsn’t this “uttering”?