How Do Vending Machines Know A Real Dollar From A Fake One?

It’s the question of the week in physics…

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4 Responses to “How Do Vending Machines Know A Real Dollar From A Fake One?”

  1. misty m Says:

    I know the machine not only knows a fake dollar,but also a fake twenty. In the times we live in the merchants have too protect them self’s. The lottery machine/the machine at the race tracks they all have a scanner to recognize if the bill is fake.

  2. Joan R Says:

    Weight,shape – who knows?
    Who’d want to forge a dollar anyway? – they are worth next to nothing from what I have heard.

  3. Al Mac Wheel Says:

    It is not a question of physics.
    and the answer is IT IS A SECRET
    I know the answer, because I work in an industry that makes some of the stuff, but I don’t want to spell out details that will help forgers.
    There are too damn many people using home PCs with color printers to try to defraud people and machines. I want to help those people go to jail long time.
    I don’t want to give info that woul help them get better at their craft.

  4. Justin Says:

    good question. but i think it is something with magnets but i dont know…

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