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Some great Specimens!!!

 

Well, let's go with Specimens.

 

Since specimens don't seem to be bringing in much attention or hype, I'll bring it back to regular issues... 1909 Imperial Russian 5 Rouble

 

I just looked up "specimen notes" on Google to see what they are..they are beautiful! I am enjoying looking at all of these paper notes/specimens/bills/engravings.. what a world there is out there! Seems to be an evil face on that Russian rouble.. why I wonder?
Thanks all.
Lucy

 

bank of england £10 signed by peppiat 1938 to 1950

 

Moneyer, what does your note have to do with anything posted earlier?

I'm pretty sure I don't have comprehension problems, but I don't see any connection of the year, denomination, theme, nothing in your note.... if we start posting random notes this thread turns to crap.

 

oop's time delay a whole page flashed by while i was serving up my chilli and rice it should have followed the philipine 10 peso's...................anyway it's a lovely note worth sharing.

 

It definitely is. Is that an authentic 10 pounder? Or a Nazi forgery? I can't tell from the small picture... If you're not sure what I'm talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard

A Nazi forgery of these is on my wish list, and if yours is a forgery I congratulate you (I think they're more exciting than the genuine pieces).

 

I think moneyer12's looks original.

 

What are the hallmarks one should look for to determine authenticity? What were the things that confirmed this in your eyes?

 

I hope i,am not out of turn here! but will go with one of my latest 10 Cent addition and a $10
Dollar one as well so maybe the thread could go in either direction

 

Forgot to mention in the prior post but the Series 681 25 Cent note is the only one at PMG
And i have already sent it off to PCGS if it makes grade will have the number #1 set out
Right

 

The darkness around the five and the crispness and sharper details in the design in the top-left corner, compared to a forgery.

 

"crispness"? The note looks rather wrinkled, torn and stained to me. Can you provide a source of comparison to the note you are basing your observations on? The file size of moneyer's image is 45 kb, pretty dang hard to see much in that.

Here is a wonderful CT thread by lettow, that I think you might like to catch up on: A Humbling Experience

 

(Educational Interlude)

Nope. One of the ways to identify a Bernhard forgery is by the watermark line touching the middle of the base of the "N". If you magnify the note a few times, you will see a faint "N" to the left of the signature. The line that rises up to the base in an authentic note, (which this one is) touches the left side end of the base.

Another indicator is the bottom detail of "Britannia". The forgery is rounded rather than sharp (see photo below).

Also, most forgeries had a pinhole through Britannia. This with the above two indicators determined the forgery.

*Neither the Swiss Bank or Bank of England could detect the forgeries. It wasn't until a clerk recording the serial numbers of notes returned to be destroyed discovered notes with the same numbers had already been destroyed at an earlier date.



Now back to the previous thread

 

Awesome! Now that is a great diagnostic tool to help us understand these notes when encountering the piece posted earlier. Thanks ikandiggit!