Money CounterfeitingKnow Your Currency and

How to detect Counterfeit Money

Ronald Marin

Ice breaker

Instruction:

Using only four (4) straight lines,

connect all nine (9) dots without lifting

the writing instrument / pen.

What is the learning point here?

Think Outside-the-box

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Objectives:

At the end of the session, the participants should

be able to:

1. Familiarize with the characteristics of the

physical features of genuine Philippine Peso

note.

2. Recognize and spot counterfeit money bills.

Talk #1

Know Your Currency

Two (2) bank notes series in

circulation

New Design Series (NDS)

New Generation Currency (NGC)

Security Features of GENUINE

Philippine Banknote

Feel the Note

Paper

80% Cotton

20% Abaca

Rough

Embossed Printing

Portrait Signatures

Observe Closely

Serial Number

Serial Number

Security Fibers

Red & Blue

Watermark

- Shadow Image

- It’s numerical Value

The word “Pilipino” written in our ancient

alphabet

BAYBAYIN

Concealed Value

Embedded Security Thread

Stitch-like Metallic Thread

“BSP200”

Written in repeated series

Optically Variable Device Patch

Optically Variable Ink

Exclusive to 1000Piso

Talk#2

How to detect counterfeit

currency

A-C-EVerification Methodology

Analysis

C Comparison

Evaluation

Thank you!

Hope you’ve learned something new today

“A person who never

made a mistake never

tried anything new”

- Albert Einstein