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