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}} [http://www.ntskeptics.org/news/news2003-12-18.htm Alt URL]</ref> Magician and skeptic [[James Randi]] has written about the ineffectiveness of counterfeit pens on numerous occasions<ref name="swift_2004-12-03">{{cite web

|url= http://www.randi.org/jr/120304youve.html#1

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}}</ref> and usesused a pen as an example during his lectures.<ref>{{cite news

|url= http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/03/27/paranormal_skeptic_addresses_c.aspx

|title= Paranormal skeptic addresses crowd

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}}</ref> Randi claimsclaimed to have contacted a [[United States Secret Service]] inspector and asked whether the pen works as advertised, to which the inspector replied "it is not dependable."<ref name="swift_2004-12-03"/> The Secret Service does not include such pens in their guidelines for the public's detection of counterfeit US currency.<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/money_detect.shtml

|title=Know Your Money - Counterfeit Awareness

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* [[List of pen types, brands and companies]]

* [[Security printing]]

* [[Steganography]]

==References==