Morphological and Chemical Analysis of Farzi (Fake) Indian Currency

Abstract

In Forensic Science, Morphological and chemical analysis of farzi currencies plays a very important role in identifying the counterfeit currency. The term “counterfeit” refers to fake or forgery which is an exact replica of the original. As there is a rapid advancement in technology there is a drastic increase in crime rate with respect to technology as well where culprits are using advanced and modern technologies for committing crime, here counterfeit currency falls one among them, where culprits are using wellversed technologies in manufacturing fake notes and coins which cannot be easily recognized by the public. In India though RBI is taking a lot of precautions to overcome counterfeiting by implementing high security features in Indian currency such that it cannot be duplicated easily, some or the other way these fake currencies are circulating in the society and people are lacking knowledge in identifying these fake notes and coins. Some of the security features for identifying these fake currencies is revealed to public by the RBI in its guidelines. Though criminals disguise the original by circulating fake currencies, it is impossible to implement the authenticated security features in it. The composition and its ratio of the original varies from the duplicate which is a loophole, and this can be easily analysed by forensic scientists by keen observations and conducting certain physical and chemical tests. We tried to differentiate between fake and original currencies of India by using RBI guidelines and by performing certain chemical tests through which counterfeit currencies can be analysed.