Counterfeit

Question 1

Traditional Printing Processes

Answer 1

Offset Lithography
Intaglio
Typography
Screen

Question 2

Traditional Printing Process

Answer 2

Photography
Platemaking
Printing

Question 3

Common denominator between all bills

Answer 3

Treasury Seal

Question 4

How is photography used in counterfeiting

Answer 4

• Negative is made
• green filter to eliminates serial #’s and Treasury Seal
• white out filter to capture seal.

Question 5

What is Halftone

Answer 5

Breaks image up into dots
grid like pattern
Dots vary in size to create tones
**Not a printing process

Question 6

Describe platemaking

Answer 6

• Negative on top of light sensitive emulsion
• transferred onto aluminum sheet
• sheet washed leaving behind raised image.

Question 7

Line offset printing characteristics

Answer 7

Even ink distribution
flat on surface of paper
sharp edges

Question 8

Single-color halftone offset characteristics

Answer 8

• Image broken into dots
• vary in size
• regular, repeating patterns
• flat on the surface of paper
• Darker areas larger dots, lighter areas smaller dots.

Question 9

Full color halftone offset characteristics

Answer 9

• Image broken into dots
• vary in size
• regular, repeating patterns
• flat on the surface of paper
• Patterns overlap w/four colors: cyan, yellow, magenta, and black.

Question 10

Black Toner characteristics

Answer 10

• Solid material
• rests on surface of the paper
• gritty appearance around edges
• shiny, glossy surface

Question 11

Monochromatic Toner characteristics

Answer 11

• Solid material
• rests on surface of the paper
• gritty appearance around edges
• shiny, glossy surface single color other than black.

Question 12

Full color toner characteristics

Answer 12

• Solid material
• rests on surface of the paper
• gritty appearance around edges
• shiny, glossy surface
• four colors - cyan, magenta, yellow, black

Question 13

Inkjet characteristics

Answer 13

• colored dots
• level with paper surface
• randomly spaced
• irregularly shaped, roughly same size.

Question 14

CFT Intaglio characteristics

Answer 14

• Not as sharp as genuine
• doesn’t carry as much ink
• recessed acid etched image on plate

Question 15

CFT Typographic characteristics

Answer 15

• Halo
• THIN ink layer
• raised acid etched image on plate

Question 16

CFT Screen Printing characteristics

Answer 16

• Not on genuine currency
• Ink squeezed through screen on paper
• OVI often printed by screen
• Thick ink layer
• Stairstep pattern

Question 17

Counterfeit Classification System

Answer 17

• Helps associate notes from all over back to original

- Gathers statistics for investigative/sentencing purposes.

Question 18

Traditional Circular (eg. C-2300)

Answer 18

Counterfeit printed entirely or partly with traditional process.

Question 19

PRJT Classification (P-9686)

Answer 19

-Low passing <10,000/year
-CFT printed entirely w/digital
Classified by:
-Note Style
-Printing Process
-Denomination

Question 20

Digital Circular (D-note) eg D-23001

Answer 20

High passing >10,000/yr counterfeit digital note.

• Printed with inkjet or toner
• Assigned number similar to traditional but to classify as digital

Question 21

If two notes have same defects on all 3 plates and same identifiers

Answer 21

Same circular

Question 22

Note has different identifiers from original, but same defects on all 3 plates

Answer 22

Variation (eg. 21191 A)

Question 23

Note has different identifiers and only 1 or 2 identical plates

Answer 23

Allied Note:

• New Circular
• Parent Note # (PN-8094)