Cash

[Dana Albrecht]

>From alt.2600...

In article 8imYglW00iV8M5q0dV at andrew.cmu.edu, Andrew Lewis Tepper <at15+ at andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> Imbedded in 1991 series $20 bills (and I assume all later and higher
> bills) are thin plastic(?) strips with metallic writing on them. If
> you're careful you can remove them with a razorblade by slitting the
> bill's top edge and gently pulling it out. I've heard that airports will
> soon have "Money Detectors" that will count total cash carried per
> person. I'd like to figure out how the system works. I also think it
> would be cool for people to collect all the strips in any money they
> ever came in contact with and keep those in their wallets. Soon it would
> look like everyone was walking around with $100K's of cash, rendering
> their system useless.
> 
> Andy
> 

In article oh9 at crl2.crl.com, eric at crl.com (Eric Fredricksen) writes:
> Anarch (anarch at cse.ucsc.edu) wrote:
> : They're in tens, too (don't know about ones and fives).  I've never been
> : able to remove one completely, but I've exposed the ends.  Do you know
> : how many there are in each bill, and where?  I know in tens there's at
> : least one, about a fifth of the way in from the left side (looking at
> : the front).
> 
> They're easy to remove.  Just rip the bill diagonally from the edge to 
> the strip on either side of it, and pull the little triangle you just 
> made.  The strip comes with it. Show it to your friends.
> 

Assuming this is true, it would seem that even good, old fashioned,
paper currency doesn't provide the level of anonymity that one
would think.  Scary...

Dana W. Albrecht
dwa at mirage.svl.trw.com