Re: Types of numerals

Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
> Ph.D. wrote:
> >
> > That's essentially the reason the government gives for
> > not having colored bills. If people barely glanced at
> > them, it would be easier to pass counterfiets. In reality,
> > it's easy to see the large numbers in the corners of each
> > note. I can count through a stack of US bills very quickly.
>
> Or, they could make it difficult to counterfeit them by (e.g.)
> making them plastic. Anyone can run paper through a
> printer and make something passable-offable for real
> money at a glance, it's a lot harder to make polymer notes
> with the transparent windows.

Yes, I've seen the Australian notes, and they're pretty cool.
I like the transparent window. I'm surprised that the United
States and other countries haven't adopted polymer money.

A friend of mine teaches a printing class in a high school.
They have all the latest high-resolution color scanners and
printers. One boy in one of his classes scanned in and
printed a one-dollar bill. He then took it to the school cafeteria
and put it in the change machine. It was accepted. Realizing
that he might get in trouble, he told his teacher, who contacted
the authorities to explain the situation. Government agents
came to the school and thoroughly checked all the computer
equipment. Normal policy here in the United States is to
destroy any equipment which has been used to make counter-
feit money. But my friend was able to talk them out of it because
it was a public school and a one-time thing. He told me that
the agents went to the boy's home and confiscated his home
computer.

--Ph. D.