Paper money doesn’t stay in circuation very long, so the old bills will become quite rare. You make a good point though. I guess as the bills begin to look unfamiliar people would scrutinize the old bills more. I so rarely use money that when I handle new bills and coins I am sometimes surprised what they look like. American coins have changed so much I think they a Canadian.
@Inspired_2write But, even the old bills were made on “money paper.” My girlfriend once was given a counterfeit bill from her bank. She didn’t realize until she had already left the bank.
At one point we were getting a lot of counterfeit bills, we too had fives passed off to us, and we were surprised, but then realized most people don’t check fives, just as you suggested.
One time I noticed a bill did not have In God We Trust on it, so I called security because the cashier had just taken in the money. We called security and they didn’t understand why it was a problem. Idiots.