Fake Currency Detection Using AI and Python is a Streamlit-based AI image analysis application that uses Google Gemini Generative AI to analyze Indian currency-note images. It checks visible characteristics such as the Mahatma Gandhi portrait, serial number, security thread, watermark and denomination, then provides an Original or Fake verdict with multilingual results and text-to-speech support.
Fake Currency Detection Using AI and Python is an AI-powered image analysis application developed with Python, Streamlit and Google Gemini Generative AI. The system allows users to upload an image of an Indian currency note and analyze visible security characteristics through Gemini's image-understanding capabilities.
Unlike a traditional machine learning system that requires a separately trained currency dataset and classification model, this application sends the uploaded image to Gemini together with a specialized analysis prompt. The generated response contains a verdict, reasoning, denomination and serial number information.
No database is required for the current implementation. The application directly processes the uploaded currency image and sends it to the configured Gemini AI service for analysis.
This project is an educational AI image-analysis application and should not be treated as an official forensic currency-authentication system. A photograph may not clearly reveal security threads, watermarks, microtext, ultraviolet characteristics or other physical security features. Therefore, the generated result should be considered an image-based indication rather than a guaranteed determination of authenticity.
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1. Install Python 3.x and Visual Studio Code. 2. Extract the project ZIP file. 3. Open the extracted project folder in Visual Studio Code. 4. Open the VS Code terminal. 5. Create a virtual environment using: python -m venv venv 6. Activate the virtual environment on Windows using: venv\Scripts\activate 7. Install the required packages using: pip install streamlit google-generativeai pyttsx3 8. Open the api_keys.py file. 9. Add your own Google Gemini API key using: api_key = "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY" 10. Save the API key configuration. 11. Start the application using: streamlit run main.py 12. Open the local Streamlit address displayed in the terminal. 13. Upload a clear PNG, JPG or JPEG image of an Indian currency note. 14. Click the Generate Analysis button. 15. Wait for Gemini to analyze the uploaded currency image. 16. Review the Original or Fake verdict and generated reasoning. 17. Check the denomination and serial number information when available. 18. Review the English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati results. 19. Use the text-to-speech functionality when required. 20. For deployment, store the Gemini API key using a secure secrets-management method instead of committing it directly into the project files.
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