Stupid, Ace? Or clever? Too clever...

After all, who the fuck thinks of looking for counterfeit ones? Who even looks at ones, really?

I think you underestimate these kids at your peril.

As a general rule, you can add 5 to the grade and get the age of the student. Some will have birthdays during the course of the year that will make them +6 kids, and that might explain the two boys. But a 12 year old 4th grader? She's definitely stupid.

Wow, this sort of puts my 16 yo foray into fake IDs to shame.

I used to work for a paper distributor that carried paper so similar to the paper the treasury uses for bank notes, they kept tabs on us to ask ablout anyone who bought it.

Also was friends with a guy who worked at a print shop. The notion crossed my mind a few times. He grew dope, I know he'd be down.

what's the most common bill, the one you probably have in your billfold right now? a 1.

it's sort of a proof of concept.

I heard a story once about some guy who was counterfeiting pennies. He'd make a bucket of them, presumably dirty them up and chemically age them, then turn them in to the bank for dollars.

Supposedly he got caught because a bank teller wondered where the hell he was getting all these pennies every week.

I suspect it is an urban legend, but it is kind of funny.

Presented six one's at Publix Supermarket in North Palm Beach. The newly minted minority cashier dutifully marked each bill with the scam pencil, and much to her delight determined this honkey was not passing fake currency. She was gone in less than a week. Wonder why?

Yes, one look at your $6 purchase at Publix should have convinced the minority cashier to call ahead for your car at the valet parking. What did you buy there, some rolling terbacky?

Like no four-toothed cracker ever tried to pass crappy bills at the Publix.

/making fun of cheap-ass crackers

These kids are freakin', little Junior Achievers.
They'll end up in high corporate and gov't positions.
Bastards.
Ya gotta respect the initiative, though.

Starting thier crinimal career early what a shame

Wow...sometimes I read things and think, "what was I doing at age ___?" I can safely say that at no age was the answer, "making counterfit money". They're dumb...but I'm somehow impressed with the ingenuity. Which is probably wrong...

About counterfeiting ones: as others have said, they are most likely to pass without notice. Some years ago, there was a movie about a guy who drove Treasury and FBI agents nuts for years with counterfeit ones, which passed so readily that by the time they were recognized they were all over the country.