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Fun fact: The treasury department won't tell you what is actually on the bills. In fact, none of the governments will. You can analyze them till you're blue in

Fun fact: The treasury department won't tell you what is actually on the bills. In fact, none of the governments will. You can analyze them till you're blue in the face, under whatever light or circumstances you want, but the treasury department won't tell you what security measures are on the bill, nor when they change them. Additionally, they sometimes change during print runs, and issues.

dsl 13y ago
Fun fact: you are asking the wrong branch of the government. The Secret Service will happily tell you about security features of currency, and behind closed doors help you build methods to detect counterfeits if you have a reasonable justification. http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml
- nappy-doo 13y ago
  The secret service is under the treasury dept.
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    No kidding!? I did not know, nor expect that.
  - danso 13y ago
    They used to be under the Treasury Dept. They are now under the Dept. of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/department-components http://www.dhs.gov/department-components
    - nappy-doo 13y ago
      TIL
- saalweachter 13y ago
  Fun fact: 'branch of government' refers to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Nearly everything is under the 'executive branch'. </pedantry>
dangrossman 13y ago
> the treasury department won't tell you what security measures are on the bill, nor when they change them Here are a few Treasury Department webpages telling you what security measures are on the bill, and they publish a press release with a new interactive site when they change them: http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/flash/interactive100/index.html http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/flash/interactive100/index.... http://www.newmoney.gov/uscurrency/redesigned100.htm http://www.newmoney.gov/uscurrency/redesigned100.htm http://www.moneyfactory.gov/anticounterfeiting/securityfeatures.html http://www.moneyfactory.gov/anticounterfeiting/securityfeatu...
- nappy-doo 13y ago
  These are what they tell you about.
  - deleted 13y ago
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dsl 13y ago

Fun fact: you are asking the wrong branch of the government. The Secret Service will happily tell you about security features of currency, and behind closed doors help you build methods to detect counterfeits if you have a reasonable justification. http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml

nappy-doo 13y ago
The secret service is under the treasury dept.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  No kidding!? I did not know, nor expect that.
- danso 13y ago
  They used to be under the Treasury Dept. They are now under the Dept. of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/department-components http://www.dhs.gov/department-components
  - nappy-doo 13y ago
    TIL
saalweachter 13y ago
Fun fact: 'branch of government' refers to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Nearly everything is under the 'executive branch'. </pedantry>

dangrossman 13y ago

> the treasury department won't tell you what security measures are on the bill, nor when they change them Here are a few Treasury Department webpages telling you what security measures are on the bill, and they publish a press release with a new interactive site when they change them: http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/flash/interactive100/index.html http://www.newmoney.gov/newmoney/flash/interactive100/index.... http://www.newmoney.gov/uscurrency/redesigned100.htm http://www.newmoney.gov/uscurrency/redesigned100.htm http://www.moneyfactory.gov/anticounterfeiting/securityfeatures.html http://www.moneyfactory.gov/anticounterfeiting/securityfeatu...

nappy-doo 13y ago
These are what they tell you about.
- deleted 13y ago
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