Money Counterfeiting 
Know Your Currency and 
How to detect Counterfeit Money 
Ronald Marin
Ice breaker
Instruction: 
Using only four (4) straight lines, 
connect all nine (9) dots without lifting 
the writing instrument / pen.
What is the learning point here? 
Think 
Outside-the-box 
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Objectives: 
At the end of the session, the participants should be able to: 
1.Familiarize with the characteristics of the physical features of genuine Philippine Peso note. 
2.Recognize and spot counterfeit money bills.
Talk #1 
Know Your Currency
Two (2) bank notes series in circulation
New Design Series (NDS)
New GenerationCurrency(NGC)
Security Features of GENUINE Philippine Banknote
Feel the Note
Paper 
80% Cotton 
20%Abaca
Rough
Embossed Printing
Portrait 
Signatures
Observe Closely
Serial Number
Serial Number
Security Fibers Red & Blue
Watermark-Shadow Image-It’s numerical Value
The word “Pilipino” written in our ancient alphabet 
BAYBAYIN
Concealed Value
Embedded Security Thread
Stitch-like Metallic Thread
“BSP200” 
Written in repeatedseries
Optically Variable Device Patch
Optically Variable Ink 
Exclusiveto 1000Piso
Talk#2 
How to detect counterfeit currency
A-C-E 
VerificationMethodology
Analysis 
C 
Comparison 
Evaluation
Thank you! 
Hope you’ve learned something new today
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” 
-Albert Einstein

Know Your Currency & Know how to Check It.