Making Money

Making Money

Prepared by: Hessa

I was so quick and easy. A 14 - year - old boy in Scottsdale, Arizona, pulled out a $50 bill and put it onto his school's new scanner. Then he printed ten copies of his $50 bill on a color copier. Within seconds he changed $50 into $550, and he was ready to go shopping.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the previous paragraph?

• Using color - changing ink is a way to prevent counterfeiting.

• A child can easily copy a paper money.

• New technology makes casual counterfeiting possible.

Thirty years ago only a few people had the skills or equipment to make counterfeit money. Good computers, copiers, cameras and printers are cheaper than ever, so today anyone can "make" money. The people using today's technology to make fake money are called casual counterfeiters, and like the 14 - year - old in Arizona, they can be anywhere.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the previous paragraph?

• New technology makes casual counterfeiting possible.

• A child can easily copy paper money.

• The special lines on U.S paper money help prevent counterfeiter.

The number of fake bills made by casual counterfeiters on their home or office computer is growing fast. Although there is no way to completely prevent counterfeiting, in the 1990 and 2000s, the U.S government made some changes to U.S bills that made casual counterfeiting more difficult.

Multiple Choice

The main idea of the previous paragraph is....

• Casual counterfeiting is becoming a big problem, and the government is fighting the problem.

• Using color - changing ink is a way to prevent counterfeiting.

• The government must always keep changing the bills to prevent counterfeiting.

One change they made was to put very, very small words, called microprint, in hidden places on the bill. These words are only 6/1,000 inch. No one can read them without a magnifying glass, a special glass that makes things look bigger. And they are too small to come out clearly on a copier. If someone copies a bill that has microprint and you look at the copy through a magnifying glass, you see only black lines instead of microprinted words.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the previous paragraph?

• New technology makes casual counterfeiting possible.

• Putting microprint on bills helps prevent counterfeiting.

• The special lines on U.S. paper money help prevent counterfeiting.

Another change the government made to U.S. bills was to use special color-changing ink. Money printed with color-changing ink looks green from one direction and yellow from another. Home computers cannot use color-changing ink. So any illegal copies of money from a home computer have normal ink that is easy to notice.

Multiple Choice

The main idea of the previous paragraph is?

• Using color-changing ink is a way to prevent counterfeiting.

• Putting microprint on bills helps prevent counterfeiting.

• The special lines on U.S. paper money help prevent counterfeiting.