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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
They're constantly looking at newer ways of making it harder for people to forge notes. I don't have one of each to hand but I think there's a holographic badge on the new £20 in addition to the watermark and foil strip from the old one.
They've been around for ages and it surprises me that they haven't done the same with the £10 note. I've not seen a crisp fiver in ages either, time for the coin to be properly introduced methinks.
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Even with the Hologram thing the forgers are still managing to produce a decent forgery. Quite often see it in the papers over here, usually 20's & 50's, as they seem to raise less eyebrows when bandied about in payment.
They reckon it's highly qualified criminal gangs mainly Eastern Europeans, working in conjunction with other criminal groups & they're not above people smuggling, prostitution rackets & Drugs. Makes for some pretty grim reading.