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Re:What Happens When You Try to Photoshop Money by josephagoss on Friday April 03, 2015 @07:52AM (#9315344)
Counterfeiting is unfortunately still a thing in Australia. A friend who runs a cafe makes his staff subtly attempt to tear any $50 note they take due to counterfeiting in the past.

They were caught out by scammers (or unknowing people with scammed notes) several times last year and the bank rejected the notes (and of course wouldn't hand them back)

Apparently the counterfeit notes are sometimes on a plastic too, but not sturdy enough to withstand a quick tear. I'm not sure how long that will hold true though.

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Re:What Happens When You Try to Photoshop Money by vacri on Friday April 03, 2015 @08:19AM (#9315436)
I stand corrected. I knew there was still a little out there, but it sounds like more than I thought. I remember doing retail in my mother's shop in the paper note days and having to be moderately vigilant, and I've not seen retail staff doing any routine sort of note-checking since the start of the polymer days.
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