Police are investigating  several reports of phony $50 bills circulating in Saint Joseph.  Officials say the notes are of poor quality.  Police have also received some fake $10 bills made from separate copies of the front and back of the note which are glued together.

Detective Richard Shelton of the Financial Crime Unit encourages anyone taking money to check three security features: a security thread that should glow under UV light, a watermark of the figure in the portrait, and color-shifting ink on the front bottom right side of the bill.

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