Eye! This is how you can identify if a 100,000-peso bill is fake

At some point in their lives, everyone has come across a counterfeit bill at least once. This situation can mean a dollar upside down, especially when it comes to a high denomination like the $100,000.

To avoid not ending up with one in your pocket, on multiple occasions the Banco de la República has made available to citizens some tips to recognize when a banknote is authentic.

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The entity has indicated that the banknotes in circulation of the new family have easy-to-recognize elements to prevent counterfeiting.

In that order of ideas, Here we tell you how to recognize a $100,000 bill.

The $100,000 bill was put into circulation on March 31, 2016. With this copy, homage is paid to former president Carlos Lleras Restrepo and the Cocora Valley in Quindío and the wax palm are exalted. In addition, its predominant color is green.

1. Look: As previously mentioned, on the obverse there is an image of the former president’s face, as well as a full-body image of which two shadows unfold in which one can read the pseudonyms he used as a journalist: Cleofás Pérez and Hefestos. .

To the left of the bill is a color transition, going from green to pink. In other areas of the paper, geometric figures can be seen in shades of green, turquoise blue and orange.

In the same way, a change of color can be seen in the texts: ‘Banco de la República’, ‘100 thousand pesos’ and at the bottom of the word ‘Colombia’. It also features a bright fuchsia security tape.

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2. Feel: to the touch you can perceive the high relief in some of the images and texts printed on the paper money. These can be found in the texts on the obverse and on the face of former President Lleras and in a few of the words on the reverse and illustrations of the wax palms.

3. Lift: the matching images of the Burrowing Bird and the text ‘BRC’, partially printed on the front and back, as well as the President’s face on the left side of the note show up clearly when the paper is held up to the light.

Likewise, when looking at the security tape up to the light, the word ‘BRC’ can be seen.

4. Turn: on the obverse, the sietecueros flower printed on the note has a color change effect when the paper is turned. This characteristic is repeated with the security tape on the reverse.

The word ‘BRC’ on the obverse also becomes visible when viewing the note in a tilted position.

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By having contact with ultraviolet light, some of the microtexts and fluorescences that the bill has can be visualized.

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