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Old 06-06-2015, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa View Post
People have also been known to produce what is called a "Raised Note."

For example, they cut one corner (Top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right) off of four genuine $20 bills and paste the corners onto a genuine $1 bill and pass it as a $20. These are really successfully passed.

Then, some folks don't bother with the cutting and pasting. The $10 note pictured below was actually passed as a $20!

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Wow! That "$20" being accepted as a real bill makes my last post seem like the couple might have actually received $10,000 from some banks!