Japan's New High-Tech Money Has 'Typo'

[fishlips20]

Can anyone tell me what the error is.
I think this is hillarious.

http://www.therawfeed.com/2006/05/japans-new-high-tech-money-has-typo.html
Japan's National Printing Bureau announced today that 39,500 of the country's newly redesigned 1,000-yen bills, which feature sophisticated security features that prevent counterfeiting, contain ERRORS that prevent vending machines from reading them. Authorities won't specify what the typo is, but say banks will exchange them free of charge despite their obvious collector's value.

[phd1969]

Those things are going to be worth some big bucks.

[ragin_pyro]

Wow, and u can jus check by putting it in the vending machine (unless u have both bills and compare them, granted its not something to small to notice in much detail) That is gonna be worth alot..

[ElChico]

darn I had some of the ones pictured. This will be very big problem. Japan is a cash society and all the vending machines there take paper money.

[D-Sisive]

so whats the error

[fishlips20]

I have no idea what the error is...
if someone can let the forum know, it would be much appreciated.

[ElChico]

The error is that the vending machines can read them.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060510b1.html

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060510TDY02011.htm

This is the note affected

http://www.banknotes.com/JP104.JPG

[CSR]

So what's the TYPO?

[Emancipated]

Looks like someone forgot to change the ink cartridge. The ink is running and smudging causing a rainbow effect :D

Here's a cool little optical illusion trick. Stare at the guy for a while then look over to the centre of the bill where the white blank space is; you'll see a silhouette.

[ElChico]

So what's the TYPO?


Read the links. A printing error (that for security they won't go into detail) won't let vending machines read the notes.

[ElChico]

Here's a cool little optical illusion trick. Stare at the guy for a while then look over to the centre of the bill where the white blank space is; you'll see a silhouette.

If you hold the note up to the light you can see an image of him in the blank space.

[Sprite_TM]

the typo is that the guy doesnt have a beard and has a mustache instead! hahahaha

[Thundercloud]

Printing error != typo.

[Aero]

Its really not that big of a deal. It is still valid, it is still real and they're almost identical. The only difference is that some (I'm guessing not all lol) vending machine can't read it. Thats it.

I think the error is in the new kind security system they put in.

[x86asm]

Find out how vending machines determine what bill is inserted and you will be on your way. Critical thinking :) .

[Thundercloud]

Maybe they ran out of ultraviolet dyes.

[Flipcyde]

When they introduced the new $5 and $10 dollar bills here it was in the news that some vending machines weren't able to read them, I dont remember them replacing those bills, I heard that they just told vendors to update their machines.

[Sprite_TM]

they should really put my face on it instead! lol

[bionicbadger]

When they introduced the new $5 and $10 dollar bills here it was in the news that some vending machines weren't able to read them, I dont remember them replacing those bills, I heard that they just told vendors to update their machines.

We have maybe a few thousand vending machines in Canada that take $5 and $10 bills.

In Japan there are tens of millions of vending machines that take bills up to 10,000 yen. Totally different situation.

[ElChico]

they should really put my face on it instead! lol

Just an FYI the guy on the Bill is Hideyo Noguchi. He discovered syphilis. >:(

[CSR]

Printing error != typo.

Thats what I thought.

However Typo = printing error.