Currency-note Tracking Chips Are Extremely Rare (Or Nonexistent)

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Although embedding RFID chips in paper has been demonstrated, no major currency in the world currently uses it as a standard feature.

For example, the Bank of England — issuer of British pound notes — says clearly that their banknotes do not have RFID or any tracking technology embedded.

 There are microchips (specifically small RFID-type chips) that could be embedded into paper, including banknotes, but in practice they are rarely used (if at all), and there are serious technical, cost and privacy challenges. Here’s a breakdown of the situation.

✅ What technology exists (or has existed) for embedding chips in paper/currency-like objects

• A major electronics company, Hitachi, developed a micro-RFID chip (sometimes called a “µ-chip”) small enough to embed in paper, documents or banknotes.
• Researchers (for instance at North Dakota State University, NDSU) have demonstrated methods — such as a laser-based assembly technique (called “LEAP”) — for embedding ultrathin passive RFID chips (plus antenna) into paper substrates so they remain flexible and don’t create noticeable bumps.
• The idea has been floated in academic/technical literature: embedding RFID tags in banknotes to help prevent counterfeiting or to track circulation.

So, yes — from a purely technical standpoint: very small chips + flexible embedding methods exist, so it is “possible” to embed a microchip in paper money.

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🚫 Why in reality currency-note tracking chips are extremely rare (or nonexistent)

• Although embedding RFID chips in paper has been demonstrated, no major currency in the world currently uses it as a standard feature.
• For example, the Bank of England — issuer of British pound notes — says clearly that their banknotes do not have RFID or any tracking technology embedded.
• Embedding a chip that includes an antenna (needed for radio-frequency communication) in a thin, flexible banknote is nontrivial. Older versions of chips required fairly large antennas (5–7 cm) — making them impractical for banknotes.
• Even newer “no-antenna” or ultrasmall chips raise major cost, durability and manufacturing-scale challenges. For example, the thinness required (on the order of tens of microns) is difficult to achieve at large scale while ensuring the note won’t tear easily.
• There are serious privacy and logistical concerns: to “track” cash effectively you’d need a dense infrastructure of RFID readers (at stores, banks, points of transit) — which is costly and invasive.

Because of these obstacles, most central banks worldwide have chosen not to embed chips in their standard banknotes.

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🔎 The “Nano-GPS / GPS-chip” Rumors — why they are false or misleading

• There have been widespread rumours (for example around new banknotes in some countries) claiming their notes include a “nano-GPS chip” that allows satellites to track the bills anywhere. But these are false — no such technology exists in modern banknotes.
• The smallest functional GPS receivers are still too large (physically and in power needs) to embed unobtrusively into a thin banknote.
• Even with RFID (not GPS), tracking would only work under narrow conditions (proximity to a reader). It would not give “real-time global tracking” of each note’s location.

In short: rumours or claims that everyday currency notes carry location-tracking chips (especially GPS-type) are almost certainly bogus.

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🎯 What this means for a currency like yours (e.g. Naira / other paper money)

• Technically, a micro-RFID chip could be embedded, but only under highly controlled manufacturing processes and at relatively high cost.
• Most central banks (globally) don’t currently embed chips in their standard notes — because it's expensive, potentially damaging to the durability of banknotes, and raises major questions about privacy, infrastructure, and cost-benefit balance.
• As of now, there is no credible evidence that banknotes (including Naira or most other widely used currencies) come with tracking chips for tracking location or transactions. 

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When the most Advance Technological Counties like UK and Us have not started using this so-called Chips in their currency, where did Harrison got his own? 

 

How many people have comes out to testify that they have successfully recoverd their money after their loves ones were rescued by Harrison. We have smartphone all over Nigeria but still believe whatever we  see or hear on social media. Know this and have peace. (Micro Chips On any Currency Not is Near Impossible and yet Practical at list not in Nigeria as at today 10th of December 2025.