Lloydminster RCMP are looking for three persons of interest in a counterfeit currency investigation. Police say it involves multiple files involving counterfeit Canadian and U.S. currency.
All Canadian currency shares the same security features:
Raised ink on the large denomination in the corner;
Raised ink on the words “Bank of Canada” and “Banque du Canada”;
In the hologram look at the numbers that match the note’s value.
In addition, all US currency shares these security features:
Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the right of the portrait. The thread is imprinted with a small US flag in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note. The thread grows yellow when illuminated by ultraviolet light.
Tilt the note to see the denomination in the lower right corner on the front shift from copper to green.