How to recognize fake Peruvian money?
It has happened to me at least twice in Peru, that someone gave me a fake 5 soles coin. Most shop vendors were able to spot this instantly and refused to accept it.
How can I recognize a fake/false Peruvian coin?
Best Answer
According to this video (in Spanish, may be the automatic subtitles could help) distributed by the peruvian governtment, these are the main steps to detect fake coins:
- Designs are clear and well defined
- Small coins has parallel lines (in fake coins these lines cross one to each other).
- Fine details are usually malformed in fake coins, review it carefully
- Borders are continous in real coins, fake ones sometimes has cuts on it
- Real coins are coplanar, it is, you can leave in the table without any movement on it if you press it
- In a stack of coins, these match perfectly if are real
You only speak about coins, but there is also a video available in order to help to detect fake notes:
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Why does Peru counterfeit money?
Peru has a large informal economy, where fake identity cards and other documents can be bought on the black market. It also has smuggling routes for drugs, goods and people already in place, which could be exploited by forgers.What are 3 ways to detect counterfeit money?
Here is a list of eight ways to tell if a bill is real or counterfeit:Can you tell the difference between real and fake money?
The fine lines in the border of a genuine bill are clear and unbroken. On the counterfeit, the lines in the outer margin and scrollwork may be blurred and indistinct. Genuine serial numbers have a distinctive style and are evenly spaced. The serial numbers are printed in the same ink color as the Treasury Seal.What indicates fake currency?
Fake bills may have serial numbers that are not evenly spaced or that are not perfectly aligned in a row. If you received multiple suspicious bills, see if the serial numbers are the same on both bills. If they are the same, then they are counterfeit notes.How to identify counterfeit Peruvian banknotes (video 17)
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