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.