Stringing Bills

 Notice the hole in the lower dollar bill and the tape on the corners of the upper dollar bill.
Have you ever collected your money and seen something similar?
Maybe you've seen the money with a small pinhole near one edge, or a piece of tape running across about 1/4 of the way from the edge. Have you ever seen bills with a piece of tape in an odd place when it didn't appear there was a rip there?

If you have noticed any of these things, odds are someone tried to "string" your changer. If you don't know what "stringing" is I won't explain it in detail here (there are enough places for potential thieves to learn how to do this without this blog being one of them!). 
I will just say that it involves putting a bill into a changer with a piece of string or fishing line attached.
When the changer has verified the bill and is about to put it into the stacker, the thief pulls the string and tries to get the dollar back and the quarters the changer dispenses.

Older changers are easier to do this with than newer changers, however that doesn't mean people won't try! The hole in the bills is where the string was attached before being pulled off by the person yanking on the string and by the torque of the changer pulling the bill inside.

Thieves will try stinging with any type of bill.
If you see one suspicious bill in your counting you probably don't have to worry. Your changer did its job. If you start seeing a bunch of these types of bills each day or week in your count, then you better watch your security cameras to see who might be trying this.

Ev
A Heck of A Nice Guy