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[quote=APAULT,240208]Notes from an ATM should always be OK as they use machines to test them.  You will normally only get 100 RMB notes from an ATM unless you are paid wages in cash.  As Griz says, you are likely to get 50's in change.  If the shop used a machine to check your 100RMB ask to put the 50 through before you accept it.

The usual method to visually check for a fake is to look at the number in the bottom left.  If you change the angle you look at, it changes between a green and a grey green.  When I had a fake I could also spot many other differences.  You will see locals crackle the paper as it has a different sound.  Mine also had oversize serial numbers, a heavier watermark and some overstrong colour contrasts....but it's a bit late once you have accepted it!

Another thing: before you hand over a 100 note in a place that takes it out of site, such as a restaurant, write down part of the serial number so that they cannot return with another one they accepted earlier!  Or pay at the counter.[/quote]

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