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This is the web archive for Anthropology 125S, "The Anthropology of Money." Anthro 125S was a class at the University of California, Irvine, in Winter 2008 by Prof. Bill Maurer. Use the Label tags on the left to navigate around this site. Click on "Final Projects" to the left, below, to read the results of the students' research, and feel free to post your own comments!
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That is so mean! At least the guy in the video we saw tells people its his art.
Children are vulnerable and naive. This couple had the perfect target, a non professional setting where they wouldnt be able to test the bill's authenticity. Not accepting anthing under 20 is a good idea! I can't believe they got $90 in change!
-Angelina
OMG I completely agree with Angelina. I can't believe they could do that especially to girl scouts. When I was younger I was a girl scout and if anyone did that to me , I don't know what I would do. The counterfeiters were so exact with the $100 bill though, I could barely tell and like the police officer said they even had an identification mark on the left hand side of the bill even though it was fake. Once again, I just think that what they did was morally wrong and almost repulsive to say the least, but it's good that they are doing more measures to reduce counterfeiting via the two extra safety features displayed on the new $5 bills.
That sucks that they targeting kids, knowing that they're most vulnerable. It's interesting how they got everything to look so similar except for the size. I probably wouldn't have noticed it either. But how fitting is this clip in terms of the movie we just watched in class (Money Man), which by the way, I still can't believe he actually got people to take his "money" in exchange for actually goods. So fascinating.
-Jenny Lien
So if these girls were counterfeited, would this mean that they were not supervised while selling the cookies? What kind of parents let their kids get into situation such as this. I suppose it is hard to recognize but I would be skeptical of anyone giving out a $100 bill for cookies.
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