I know many of us take cash only and I have started to check the quality of the notes, given by my clients discreetly There are some fake notes and would like to get a money checker any recommendations please ?
I don't take cheque, money transfers of any kind online or credit cards it would be to much of a headache for me as I just don't trust at all.

I have a notes security marker pen cheap as chips on eBay you just run across each note and if the ink stays clear your ok.

All the pen does is say whether or not the paper is definitely the wrong sort of paper to be a bank note - try it on various bits of paper around the house and you will probably find some that it reckons are ok. I think someone once showed that the old style shiny toilet paper 'passed' the pen test.

If the forgers didn't bother to get the paper at least 'sort of' right, they probably didn't bother to get other things right either.

With some fake ?50 the ink transfers onto paper when you rub them.

Those are the real ones - they have special ink which never dries and is very difficult to forge. You need to rub the solid-coloured shape that's next to the Queen's head (I think it's a diamond shape on fifties, without having any English banknotes handy) on some plain white paper and the colour will come off. You can also run your fingers over the writing which says 'Bank of England' and it should be raised slightly.

Euros have a hologram strip on the right and a watermark which you can see clearly down the left when you hold them face-up to the light. 100 euro notes also have a raised pattern to the left of the big 100 on the front which feels bobbly - I don't know about the ink.

As Ian said, relying on one method will work in some cases but not all, and it's far better to do a bit of research on the Bank of England site. I threw away my checker pen when it ran out and never bought another, although I do have a UV light keyring.

Quote from: amy on 08 May 2013, 02:27:30 pm

Quote from: naughtyjas on 08 May 2013, 01:05:54 pm

With some fake ?50 the ink transfers onto paper when you rub them.

Those are the real ones - they have special ink which never dries and is very difficult to forge. You need to rub the solid-coloured shape that's next to the Queen's head (I think it's a diamond shape on fifties, without having any English banknotes handy) on some plain white paper and the colour will come off. You can also run your fingers over the writing which says 'Bank of England' and it should be raised slightly.

Euros have a hologram strip on the right and a watermark which you can see clearly down the left when you hold them face-up to the light. 100 euro notes also have a raised pattern to the left of the big 100 on the front which feels bobbly - I don't know about the ink.

As Ian said, relying on one method will work in some cases but not all, and it's far better to do a bit of research on the Bank of England site. I threw away my checker pen when it ran out and never bought another, although I do have a UV light keyring.

I have a UV checker torch, which doubles as a fun device to check for suspicious stains in hotel rooms.

Christ, I'd never tour again if I started up with that. Anyway, who's coming to have a root through naughtyjas's bin?

I know many of us take cash only and I have started to check the quality of the notes, given by my clients discreetly There are some fake notes and would like to get a money checker any recommendations please ?
I don't take cheque, money transfers of any kind online or credit cards it would be to much of a headache for me as I just don't trust at all.

Ebay sales the note check pen to check if notes are real and really works and its cheap try it