New Money

Sometimes the money I get from the ATMs around the park is fresh…so fresh they stick together and smell like new money.  Although there is still no sign of the 200Q bills one reader promised us, there are some new 100Q designs floating around.  Take a look at this one:

What new security features do you see?

I’ve long suspected the Quetzal is easily counterfeited.  I noticed four new security features on this new money which will give printers counterfeiters a few design challenges. Of course, if you think like I do, and you wanted to go into the printing business, you could just design a slight modification to the currency, such as the one above, make sure you had the necessary tactile feature on the good Bishop’s left shoulder, and print a few million Q worth.  With nothing else to compare it with and a few press releases announcing a new design, you’d be in business.  By the time you were done circulating your inventory, you could be off to El Salvador and begin again.

If you want to look at a scan of some old money, go here.  List what you see and if you find something I don’t, I’ll buy you a drink at RumBar or pay for an online Spanish class at Academia Colonial.