1934 $10 question

I picked up a crisp 1934 ten dollar, light green seal, bill at an auction last weekend that is very crisp, but something bothers me. The paper seams lighter white in color than I would have thought, and the black ink seams very dark. The colored threads are in the paper and the designs look good. I will try and post some scans later, But I wondered if andbody had any tell-tales to look for if it was fake.
Thanks for any help.

 

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Some of the paper used back then is very bright white. I have a few notes just as you describe in Gem 65 and 66. Beautiful deep blacks and brilliant white paper with a vivid light green seal. Keep that note!!

RickieB

 

Thanks for the reply. After I posted this I did some snooping on ebay and found another that Looks just like it. So I do feel better. I payed a whopping $12 for the note.:thumb:
I also picked up a 1928 lightly circulated $2 note for $2 at the same auction.

 

Viper...

Post some pics so I can see what FRB it is and the details of the note! $12 is a bargan if it's CHCU or Gem..

RickieB

 

:thumb: nice pick up!!! blast colors like that are sought after i think. Could even get the coveted PPQ designation!

 

Here is one scan, I will try and get bigger ones later.

 

pics to bigg, oops I,ll try later

 

Great pick-up - Thats a great looking note for $2 over face!!!

 

the green overprint does look a bit light to me, but there are known issues with several shades of green on those notes, so i dont think what you have is outside the realm of being real! Also, take a look at the lower left serial ... is that in the signature?? If it is, it makes this awsome $12 note, even better!!!

 

Julian,s signature does go up into the serial #

 

Maaan, awesome note! A sure bargain for $12 IMO! :thumb:

Phoenix

 

I'll give you 13 for it???

 

I think I will have to pass!
Here are some (hopefully) better scans.
A little better, at least you can click to enlarge them.

 

That was an awesome deal for $12. Congrats

 

Thanks for everyones comments. If anyone can help with any info about which FRB it came from or any thing else I should know that would be great.

 

The G stands for Chicago it is also printed under the seal surrounding the Letter.

 

It's a Chicago note. The G tells us that.

Hmmm... what else should you know. Tall order Viper! There is a LOT to know so keep asking the questions and consider a good book or two to help.

VERY nice note by the way. There were some color variations back then so I'll warn you about another one.
Happened in 1935 Silver Certificates. Can't remember which series but the notes often look dirty even in CU condition.

Paper is a ball.

Curiosity has me now. Was this auction a more coin oriented auction per chance?

clembo

 

I'm going to guess antique auction first. I don't go to them, but I know people that do and they pick things up for much less than you would expect. The problem is that most of the weekly auctions don't have anything numismatic everyweek, which makes it not worth the drive for me.

 

It was just a general auction, but they also had the coins and bills. I amazed me that the people there would bid $30 for a common date fine morgan, but very few bids on bills. They had several old twenties that went for $20 and $21 each.
( I just wish I would have had more money with me)

 

The whole reason I asked and you guys know why.

Want to cherrypick currency? Go to a coin dealer in many cases. General auctions are the same (I"m like you though Gatzdon) time consuming and gas burning.

People look at that big Morgan dollar, have no clue and bid high. See a $20 "bill" and it's just a $20 "bill"