Fake Randelas doing the rounds
The notes are slightly smaller in size and smooth in texture.
A vendor from the Florida Lake Flea Market warns the community of counterfeit R200 notes doing the rounds.
The fraudsters’ modus operandi is to buy a small item and pay with a R200 note so they get real money for change.
The notes are slightly smaller in size and has a smooth texture. Instead of the metalic line being gold, it is silver, yet it still looks genuine. The notes have an unclear watermark and the 200 under the watermark is brown instead of clear.
If you are handed a R200 note, check it thoroughly before accepting.
Recognising counterfeit money:
• Look: Identify the security, technical and design features on the front and the back of the banknote. Features to look out for include the watermark, main motif, security thread, unique numbering, coat of arms, perfect print registration, micro-printing and the size of the new banknotes.
• Feel: Raised printing gives the banknote a unique and rough feel. The raised features on the new banknote include the denomination numeral, main motif on the front of the banknote (image of former president Nelson Mandela), words “South African Reserve Bank”, coat of arms and motif on the back of the new banknote and raised lines at the bottom left and right-hand sides on the front of the note (feature for the visually impaired).
• Tilt (hidden/latent image): when you hold a new banknote almost horizontally to your eyes, the denomination numeral appears in the band below the image of Nelson Mandela.
