"Marking" of Currency

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imp

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By this, I mean the practice now being done around our location, anyway, of clerks, check-out folks, "marking" a U.S. Currency paper piece with any sort of marker, apparently. Usually a line across it, somewhere. One checker told us, the "marker" was programmed to detect bogus money! What B.S.! I couldn't believe that she believed this, but who knows.

Is this practice wide-spread? In the casinos here, the table dealers are all made to hold bills up to the light, scrutinizing I suppose, for the foil embedment inside. They do this, of course, even with dollar bills, which have no such "security" feature.

WTH gives with this practice?? imp
 

Imp, I have some of those pens which I use if someone gives me several 20s, 50s or 100s when buying something we have for sale. I mark the bill, which fades soon enough. If they turn brown or yellow (I forget which) then it's a phony bill. So far, I've never been given a bad bill.

The other day at Wal-mart the clerk checked a $5 bill and I said "What, you are checking $5 bills now??" and she said "Yes". Usually I use the debit card at Wal-mart but I think tomorrow I'll try to remember to use a $5 bill and see if it's checked.
 
OK, your pen is special. But I've seen them use even a pencil. So, there is "substance", or meat, in this process, after all. Thank you for explaining! I was skeptical (as usual). imp
 

as for "marking" ... Ben, from Ben & Jerry Ice Cream, has a stamp one can use on our money. "Not to be used for buying politicians". It's absolutely legal. And I have had some superior responses from cashiers as I have used mine. Delicious!
 
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