You know that one emblem you say is from Turkmenistan that makes since it not dissimilar to a motif that once appeared on Soviet money.Of the crescent was C.C.C.P. and it had a Soviet-ish reef inside rather than stars.
Anyway in the US you will not see chops because those special pens are readily available.I would imagine in many places those markers are not available.Therefore someone who does have a means to ID legit money from counterfeit would use the chop mark.
If you ever go to a US military base overseas and purchase anything from the base exchange you will find that the dollars serial numbers are in sequential order as well if you withdraw from an on base bank or ATM.
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