Adventures in South America

Fake Money

Well, we had been warned... but I guess we became comfortable in the fact that it had yet to happen to us. Seth and I attempted to pay for something with COUNTERFEIT MONEY!! It wasn't on purpose. We were picking up our laundry and tried to pay with a 5 peso bill. The woman who we were paying, her name is Georgina (she is very sweet). She took one look at it and said - uh-uh, this is fake. In a way it was funny because we did not think that would happen to us - I thought that the Argentines were frankly being a little rude when they held a bill up to the light to see if they could see detailed hologram of the image on the bill (this is fairly common). Luckily it was a small bill... but we have learned our lesson! If we would have taken a close look at the peso bill at the time it was given to us, we might have noticed that it did not quite look right. If you look at the picture, you will see that there is a line at the bottom of the bill. Looks like someone didnot cut it right on the line. Also, on this particular bill the hologram is not as detailed as it should be. Oh well, if nothing else this is an interesting souvenir :-)

posted by Kathy T @ 6:59 AM