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Just when it seemed like I had nothing to write about today, the outlet known as \u201clife\u201d gave me something that might seem remotely interesting to at least one or two of my six readers.<\/span><\/p>\n I have a tendency to sit on cash sometimes.\u00a0 Sometimes it\u2019s because no reason other than I simply don\u2019t want to take the time to go a bank or ATM to deposit it, other times it\u2019s like a mental challenge; like if I can operate my regularly scheduled life without X dollars in my account, I can always fall back onto this cash as something of a safety net.<\/span><\/p>\n Regardless, I spent a little bit of money that warranted me deciding to put the cash back into my bank account to cover for some of the expenditures, grant a little bit of breathing room and give me a little bit of peace of mind.\u00a0 So I went to an ATM to deposit the cash, and a hundred dollar bill kept getting spit out by the ATM.\u00a0 I tried it three times, to no avail.\u00a0 My skepticism was immediately piqued at that point, but there was also the remote possibility that it was ATM sensitivity.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Admittedly, the feel was a little\u00a0too<\/em>\u00a0crisp, but given the fact that there are four different types of $100 bills in circulation right now, it\u2019s hard to say what\u2019s really the norm and what isn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n Out of curiosity, I asked the cashier at the grocery store if I could run their counterfeit pen over this bill.\u00a0 In theory, \u201csafe\u201d bills show yellowish markings, while on counterfeit bills, the ink immediately turns black.\u00a0 Upon marking my bill, the markings weren\u2019t black, but at the same time they weren\u2019t necessarily light yellow (It was closer to the image above).\u00a0 The cashier thought it was legit, but I could tell that my questioning of it made her question it, and upon asking their manager, he said it was bogus.<\/span><\/p>\n Needless to say, I probably should have just paid with the bill first and foremost, and not drawn any attention to it by marking it, but I guess that says something about me personally, and my general lawful tendencies that didn\u2019t consider this until after the fact, due to the fact that I knew the money was already questionable, and that I frankly didn\u2019t want to be known as the guy trying to pass off funny money, even if it means that I\u2019ll ultimately be out $100 of my own pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n Regardless, I pursued the track of the lawful citizen and took the bill to my bank.\u00a0 I figured if anyone is going to know about currency, it would be a bank.<\/span><\/p>\n Three tellers examined the bill, ran it under their fraud detector device, and also noted the not-black markings on the bill.\u00a0 One teller said it was legit, another teller thought it was bogus, and the third went straight procedural, and decided to propose my only definitive option: send it out.<\/span><\/p>\n To the Secret Service.<\/span><\/p>\n If the money comes back green on their end, then my account is credited the $100.\u00a0 If not, well then, I\u2019m shit out of luck,\u00a0but at least I did the right thing in getting it out of circulation<\/em>! (read: sarcasm, I\u2019d rather have $100)\u00a0 Either way, the situation is closed and resolved one way or the other.<\/span><\/p>\n Again, I realize now that I probably could have just gone into the bank, cited sensitive ATMs, and manually deposited the cash into my account.\u00a0 But the law-abiding citizen in me acted in default, and chose the path of most lawful, even if it means that I\u2019ll be out a hundred bucks.\u00a0 I also have to imagine that being a bank, that currency could very well have been traced back to me, and again, I sure as shit don\u2019t want to be a guy getting slapped with a counterfeiting charge.<\/span><\/p>\n Anyway, two to three weeks is the estimate for a thorough analysis of my hundred dollar bill.\u00a0 By the Secret Service.\u00a0 There\u2019s still a chance that this could all be one giant misunderstanding and that I just had some aberration of a Franklin, but honestly, I\u2019m not holding my breath on this one.\u00a0 With the way life has been treating me lately, it\u2019s easier to assume that I\u2019ve got a dud, and I\u2019m going to be out a hundred bucks.<\/span><\/p>\n It is pretty incredible though, because I\u2019m pretty sure this bill came out of a Las Vegas casino cashier.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really know anyone who carries around hundred dollar bills much less cash in general, who would have paid me with a bogus bill, so I have to assume that it came from when I was in Las Vegas back in January, where I did come back with some cash, and some hundred dollar bills included.\u00a0 And given their stringent security procedures and policies, if what I submitted to the Secret Service is truly funny money, then it\u2019s pretty damn good counterfeiting to have fooled Vegas.<\/span><\/p>\n Regardless, all I can do now, is wait.\u00a0 One hundred dollars poorer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just when it seemed like I had nothing to write about today, the outlet known as \u201clife\u201d gave me something that might seem remotely interesting to at least one or two of my six readers. 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