Comments on: Artist who made near-perfect US$100 bills http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1468875 jeligula Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1468875 While attending the Art Institute of Seattle, our Ad Design instructor gave us a screening of "To Live and Die in L.A." because the characters utilized production techniques that we were going to start learning.  At 18 years old, that was the most blunt case of willful blindness that I had ever seen up to that point in my life.  What teacher in her right mind would put thoughts of forgery into the minds of talented students who were learning the skills necessary for it?  I have to give it to her, though.  After watching that movie, I used an X-Acto knife and colored paper and never bought another bus pass for my entire time in Seattle. This was 1987, when it was still possible to use manual skills and colored paper to forge a bus pass. They made it ridiculously easy.  I needed only a glimpse at the color scheme for that month and viola!  My passes were never questioned, not even once. While attending the Art Institute of Seattle, our Ad Design instructor gave us a screening of “To Live and Die in L.A.” because the characters utilized production techniques that we were going to start learning.  At 18 years old, that was the most blunt case of willful blindness that I had ever seen up to that point in my life.  What teacher in her right mind would put thoughts of forgery into the minds of talented students who were learning the skills necessary for it?  I have to give it to her, though.  After watching that movie, I used an X-Acto knife and colored paper and never bought another bus pass for my entire time in Seattle. This was 1987, when it was still possible to use manual skills and colored paper to forge a bus pass. They made it ridiculously easy.  I needed only a glimpse at the color scheme for that month and viola!  My passes were never questioned, not even once.

]]> By: rausantaella http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1468501 rausantaella Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1468501 Maybe the master forger in Making Money (by Terry Pratchett) was based in this guy? Who knows? Maybe the master forger in Making Money (by Terry Pratchett) was based in this guy? Who knows?

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1468231 Funk Daddy Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1468231 UV inks and IR inks are both available via retail purchase and have been. This includes IR inks that fluoresce below 400nm or above 700nm (outside range of human eye). It's not restricted tech If he knew of one it is incredibly unlikely that he was unaware of the other in a concerted effort to counterfeit to a precision undetectable. UV inks and IR inks are both available via retail purchase and have been. This includes IR inks that fluoresce below 400nm or above 700nm (outside range of human eye). It’s not restricted tech

If he knew of one it is incredibly unlikely that he was unaware of the other in a concerted effort to counterfeit to a precision undetectable.

]]> By: Bill North http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467882 Bill North Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467882 Interesting article. The brief description of the intaglio process is inaccurate, though. When an intaglio printing plate is inked, the ink is forced into the incised lines below the plate's surface. The plate is then wiped, removing all the ink from the surface. Only the ink filling the incised areas of the plate remains. Under the pressure of the printing press, the paper is forced into the incised areas, where it picks up the ink. The topography of the printed surface, "a delicate 3-D relief and a textured feel," is a result of the ink sitting on top of, and standing in relief to, the paper's flat surface, not indentations filled with ink. Interesting article. The brief description of the intaglio process is inaccurate, though. When an intaglio printing plate is inked, the ink is forced into the incised lines below the plate’s surface. The plate is then wiped, removing all the ink from the surface. Only the ink filling the incised areas of the plate remains. Under the pressure of the printing press, the paper is forced into the incised areas, where it picks up the ink. The topography of the printed surface, “a delicate 3-D relief and a textured feel,” is a result of the ink sitting on top of, and standing in relief to, the paper’s flat surface, not indentations filled with ink.

]]> By: Rob Butler http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467462 Rob Butler Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467462 He does suck at tradecraft, if he didn't he would have said he has no intent on ever trying to make counterfeits again, then find another country which is far less likely to detect counterfeits, make millions in their currency (maybe in smaller bills to be safe) and then move there to live like royalty for the rest of his life. Or better yet, find a bunch of third world bank branches that can't detect counterfeits, deposit millions into each of those banks, then have it all transferred to an untraceable account like a Swiss one, then travel the world as a billionare. He does suck at tradecraft, if he didn’t he would have said he has no intent on ever trying to make counterfeits again, then find another country which is far less likely to detect counterfeits, make millions in their currency (maybe in smaller bills to be safe) and then move there to live like royalty for the rest of his life. Or better yet, find a bunch of third world bank branches that can’t detect counterfeits, deposit millions into each of those banks, then have it all transferred to an untraceable account like a Swiss one, then travel the world as a billionare.

]]> By: Bill Beaty http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467454 Bill Beaty Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467454 WE'RE IN TEH BASEMAAAAAAANT, LEARNING TO PRINT! http://youtu.be/VOcU10cg8t0 WE’RE IN TEH BASEMAAAAAAANT,

LEARNING TO PRINT!

http://youtu.be/VOcU10cg8t0

]]> By: Julian Bravo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467264 Julian Bravo Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467264 These don't sound as impressive as the North Korean super notes.  http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/09/office-39-200909 These don’t sound as impressive as the North Korean super notes. 
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/09/office-39-200909

]]> By: haineux http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467257 haineux Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467257 Special Happy Mutant shoutout to JSG BOGGS.  http://localcurrencycouncil.org/index.php/resources/features--articles-research-a-concepts/boggs-the-art-of-making-your-own-money Oh no, looks like BOGGS has been in non-money-related trouble with the law. Sorry to hear, man! Hope things clear up soon! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._G._Boggs Special Happy Mutant shoutout to JSG BOGGS. 

http://localcurrencycouncil.org/index.php/resources/features–articles-research-a-concepts/boggs-the-art-of-making-your-own-money

Oh no, looks like BOGGS has been in non-money-related trouble with the law. Sorry to hear, man! Hope things clear up soon!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._G._Boggs

]]> By: Stephen Schenck http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467244 Stephen Schenck Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467244 Where? He mentions doing UV stripes, but I didn't see anything about IR-reflective inks. Where? He mentions doing UV stripes, but I didn’t see anything about IR-reflective inks.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467214 Funk Daddy Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467214 In the Wired article there is indication he had the ability as it was a feature he provided a client for a not-money print job.  In the Wired article there is indication he had the ability as it was a feature he provided a client for a not-money print job. 

]]> By: Stephen Schenck http://boingboing.net/2012/07/04/artist-who-made-near-perfect-u.html#comment-1467172 Stephen Schenck Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169334#comment-1467172 Doesn't sound like he had any solution for the infrared striping. Of course, who checks that? http://www.kolarivision.com/Sample%20Pictures/DSCF0044.jpg Doesn’t sound like he had any solution for the infrared striping. Of course, who checks that?

http://www.kolarivision.com/Sample%20Pictures/DSCF0044.jpg

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