Some funny money changed hands in Bradenton Beach.
On Jan. 26, Sherman Baldwin, owner of Paradise Boat Tours in Bradenton Beach, reported a counterfeit $10 to the Bradenton Beach Police Department.
Baldwin said an employee received a bill that “looked suspicious.”
“It looked strange, but felt normal,” Baldwin said Jan. 27. “It also was dated 1950.”
Baldwin added, “My staff cannot recall exactly who gave it to us,” but they noticed the bill while “cashing out the register between shifts.”
He said staff use a marker pen that tests for counterfeit money but they did not use the marker until after the sale. When they ran the marker across the bill, a solid black line appeared, indicating the bill is fake.
Baldwin reported the bill to the BBPD, and an officer took it as evidence.
Bradenton Beach Police Chief Sam Speciale said Jan. 27 his department would confirm whether the bill is counterfeit.
“Things like this tend to happen in waves, so we just want to prevent someone else from getting another fake bill,” Sherman said.
The bill material was different in 1950 from what it is now. The pens won’t work. It may be real.
No security cameras in the area? I bet there is!
What good would an outdoor security camera do to prosecute a counterfeit bill that was exchanged in the store?
oh I don’t know? maybe see who it was?! cameras aren’t there for deco…
While there may be cameras on the pier, f there is no camera where the money changes hands — inside the store — how do you propose to ID people with counterfeit bills? The staff in the store apparently doesn’t know who tendered the fake $10 or when. — Bonner