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Movie-Prop Cash Is Fooling Cashiers
The strange psychology of why so many people fail to notice obviously counterfeit money
Ta mountain of cash in . Walter White toting around his 55-gallon-drum nest eggs on . The bags of $100 bills that Jason Bateman’s character launders on . Each scene was shot with prop money—phony bills that look real on-screen, but up close have certain glaringly obvious tweaks. Where an authentic $100 bill says “The United States of America,” prop money usually has this caveat: “For Motion Picture Use Only.” Look even closer, and Ben Franklin
