The US dollar is the most widely used currency in business transactions around the world. About 60% of all transactions in the world were made in USD.
The Euro follows with around 30%. The prevalence of the US dollar makes it one of the most counterfeited currencies in the world.
For this reason, at Exis Exchange, the currency exchange office with the best service in Fuengirola, we have some advice for you:
1/ Touch the bill and feel the quality of the paper
You have to touch the ticket with clean fingers. It should feel a bit rough and rough. This is due to the composition of the paper that US dollars are printed on. It is a paper that contains 75% cotton fibers, 25% linen fibers, and red and blue filaments.
2/ Look at the ink on the ticket
Today's banknotes increasingly use security tools against counterfeiting. One of them is ink. For example, on $100 dollar bills, the 3D band changes color when you tilt the bill.
And also if we tilt the ticket to the ink of the numbers in the lower right corner, it changes color.
The ink should change from copper to green for dollar bills with the current design.
3/ Security features in the US dollar
Another security feature to look out for when exchanging Euros to dollars is the golden bell on the $100 USD bill. When the bill is moved the bell changes color.
4/ See the dollar bill against the light
Watermarks are also another security tool that we see on a daily basis at our foreign exchange office in Marbella.
In the case of the US dollar, we will be able to observe the security threads that are in different places on the bills.
In addition, the watermarks of each denomination on the $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills must match the portrait on the front of the bill.
This is extremely important because, since all dollar bills were the same size, counterfeiters used to erase the printing of $1 dollar bills with bleach and reprint them with the denomination of $100 USD.
In addition, the $5 bill is watermarked with the number 5 for added security.
We hope that these tips will help you and you already know that the best way to exchange dollars to Euros or EUR to USD in Malaga is Exis Exchange.
