Why is it so hard to produce perfect counterfeit money?
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So bank notes/bills are made from either paper or polymer (if there’s more let me know).
The method making the paper or polymer are trade secrets and are made on very expensive equipment that you can’t just go and buy down the local stationary shop.
So you’d have to come up with something that looks similar. That poses a problem because similar won’t be good enough for those who are experienced with spotting real money and fake money.
Then there are security features. This can include microprinting, clear windows in polymer notes, holograms, colour changing ink, water marks and features which are not publicly known. All of these are done through things which are also trade secrets.
All of this makes the notes hard to make, hard to make look real and quite possibly very expensive the more of the features you add.
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