The first poster says that someone will mark the bill so in case it is stolen, you can identify it. That makes no sense because at some point, the person that marked it will spend it. Then it is not his anymore. Could he spend it, then claim it was stolen? Makes no sense.
Another poster says that money exchangers chop them after they determine they are genuine, so if they get them again, they don't have to spend time verifying they are genuine. Again, this makes no sense. You almost never get the same bill twice.
A poster on page 2 says they are marked to prove they are genuine. How would a chop mark prove they are genuine? If someone would make a fake bill, wouldn't they chop it as well? Makes no sense.
I have not yet heard a good reason online for the these marks. One person I work with said that sometimes, Asian people take bills to the temples to be blessed and then the monk or priest or whatever will stamp them to show they were blessed. But if you were a monk, would you use a Winnie the Pooh saying SORRY stamp? Not likely. Makes no sense.
I tried to attach a photo of some chops or whatever that I have, but I don't know how to make the photo under 100k in size.
