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- Counterfeiting Money by JRoger
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- Before reading this article, it would be a very good idea to get a
- book on photo offset printing, for this is the method used in
- counterfeiting US currency. If you are familiar with this method
- of printing, counterfeiting should be a simple task for you.
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- Genuine currency is made by a process called "gravure", which
- involves etching a metal block. Since etching a metal block is
- impossible to do by hand, photo offset printing comes into the
- process.
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- Photo offset printing starts by making negatives of the currency
- with a camera, and putting the negatives on a piece of masking
- material (usually orange in color). The stripped negatives,
- commonly called "flats", are then exposed to a lithographic plate
- with an arc light plate maker. The burned plates are then
- developed with the proper developing chemical. One at a time,
- these plates are wrapped around the plate cylinder of the press.
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- The press to use should be an 11 by 14 offset, such as the AB Dick
- 360. Make 2 negatives of the portrait side of the bill, and 1 of
- the back side. After developing them and letting them dry, take
- them to a light table. Using opaque on one of the portrait sides,
- touch out all the green, which is the seal and the serial numbers.
- The back side does not require any retouching, because it is all
- one color. Now, make sure all of the negatives are registered
- (lined up correctly) on the flats. By the way, every time you
- need another serial number, shoot 1 negative of the portrait side,
- cut out the serial number, and remove the old serial number from
- the flat replacing it with the new one.
-
- Now you have all 3 flats, and each represents a different color:
- black, and 2 shades of green (the two shades of green are created
- by mixing inks). Now you are ready to burn the plates. Take a
- lithographic plate and etch three marks on it. These marks must
- be 2 and 9/16 inches apart, starting on one of the short edges.
- Do the same thing to 2 more plates. Then, take 1 of the flats and
- place it on the plate, exactly lining the short edge up with the
- edge of the plate. Burn it, move it up to the next mark, and
- cover up the exposed area you have already burned. Burn that, and
- do the same thing 2 more times, moving the flat up one more mark.
- Do the same process with the other 2 flats (each on a separate
- plate). Develop all three plates. You should now have 4 images
- on each plate with an equal space between each bill.
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- The paper you will need will not match exactly, but it will do for
- most situations. The paper to use should have a 25% rag content.
- By the way, Disaperf computer paper (invisible perforation) does
- the job well. Take the paper and load it into the press. Be sure
- to set the air, buckle, and paper thickness right. Start with the
- black plate (the plate without the serial numbers). Wrap it
- around the cylinder and load black ink in. Make sure you run more
- than you need because there will be a lot of rejects. Then, while
- that is printing, mix the inks for the serial numbers and the back
- side. You will need to add some white and maybe yellow to the
- serial number ink. You also need to add black to the back side.
- Experiment until you get it right. Now, clean the press and print
- the other side. You will now have a bill with no green seal or
- serial numbers. Print a few with one serial number, make another
- and repeat. Keep doing this until you have as many different
- numbers as you want. Then cut the bills to the exact size with a
- paper cutter. You should have printed a large amount of money by
- now, but there is still one problem; the paper is pure white. To
- dye it, mix the following in a pan: 2 cups of hot water, 4 tea
- bags, and about 16 to 20 drops of green food coloring (experiment
- with this). Dip one of the bills in and compare it to a genuine
- US bill. Make the necessary adjustments, and dye all the bills.
- Also, it is a good idea to make them look used. For example,
- wrinkle them, rub coffee grinds on them, etc.
-
- As before mentioned, unless you are familiar with photo offset
- printing, most of the information in this article will be fairly
- hard to understand. Along with getting a book on photo offset
- printing, try to see the movie "To Live and Die in LA". It is
- about a counterfeiter, and the producer does a pretty good job of
- showing how to counterfeit. A good book on the subject is "The
- Poor Man's James Bond".
-
- If all of this seems too complicated to you, there is one other
- method available for counterfeiting: The Canon color laser
- copier. The Canon can replicate ANYTHING in vibrant color,
- including US currency. But, once again, the main problem in
- counterfeiting is the paper used. So, experiment, and good luck!
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