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Originally Posted by idknow
It makes me wonder why the paper needs to be "marked"; is the paper of such GOOD quality
that it cannot be distinguished from authorised paper used to print money-symbols on?
Why mark un-authorised paper?
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The markings aren't there to distinguish the real from the counterfeit. You'll notice that the manufacturers and the Treasury Dept are NOT telling people where to look for those marks to enable them to weed out counterfeits (because then the counterfeiters would know enough to erase them).
Rather, the markings enable the T-men to link a counterfeit bill to a particular printing machine in order to find and prosecute the counterfeiter.
I do not know the details - including the appearance and location - of these anti-counterfeit marks. It may be that some printers don't mark paper this way. It may also be that this secret marking only kicks in when certain colors - the kind that would be used to imitate money - are called for.