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Bank Indonesia Issues Advice on How Detect Faked Rupiah Bank Notes
Bali News: Funny Money
(7/20/2013)
During the first half of 2013, Bank Indonesia discovered 2,141 counterfeit Indonesian Rupiah bank notes, 97% of which were in the denomination of Rp 100,000 bills.
According to Bank Indonesia, the amount of fake Indonesian Rupiah notes increased 54% from the same period in 2012 when the Bank confiscated 1,386 counterfeit notes in Bali.
The chief of the Bali Branch of Bank Indonesia, Dwi Pranoto, issued a statement on Thursday, July 18, 2013, asking the public to help detect the presence of counterfeit Indonesian Rupiah bank notes by:
Looking at a bank note, blurred printing is a sign of counterfeiting. Official Rupiah bank notes have sharp and distinct printing impressions.
Rub you fingers along the bank note where the value of the note is shown. The surface should be rough, presenting a slight embossment of the denomination numbers.
Hold Indonesia bank bills up to a light. All genuine currency issued by Bank Indonesia has a watermark image depicting an Indonesian revolutionary hero.
Bank officials encourage wider use of non-cash forms of payment, such as credit cards and Internet banking to reduce the incidence of currency fraud.