A few Small Tips About Counterfeit Money

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The most common counterfeited notes are 50rmb given as change in a taxi.
However Bank ATM’s and money changing merchant will dispense fakes also.


One simple way for the more china Savoy person to determine whether a bank not is "Legal Tender or not" is to run your thumb over the green “100” on the bottom corner of the note, a true note will be printed in textured print, not flat ink, this allows you to feel the surface of the note.
Also check chairman Mao’s jacket for texture, it should be considerable more textured than the surrounding printed areas of the note.
The only down side to this method is on older, well worn notes, its hard to feel the textured print, BUT on the up side Shenzhen seems to get a steady flow of new 100rmb notes.


Another common way to receive counterfeited notes is for people in shops to swap real notes for fake, eg. you give a good 100, they swap it, give it, back and tell you its fake and to give them another one, I have seen this done up to 3 times in a row.

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