Looks like someone just wrote a line through old Ben with a pen(specifically those ment to tell if its counterfeit or not)still 100 bucks if real.
I'm new to collecting so I can't help, but that I would keep in my collection if able to just because it cool. Cool find Keep up the hunt
If you're willing to keep a $100.00 bill of you can afford it then yes. There are so many more important things you can do with it. I hate seeing those music videos where young artists take high value currency to light up their smokes... Foolishness!
I would certainly question that note. The security strips are part of the paper making process ("The ribbon is woven into the bill's paper too, not printed on it,"), so to have a note with it curved wouldn't be likely, even if the sheet was twisted or bunched in some unusual way. (also :4. The Security Strip: That blue ribbon is part of a pair: If you hold the note to the light, there is another embedded thread on the other side of the Benjamin Franklin portrait that reads "USA" and "100." If you hold the bill up to ultraviolet light, this tread glows pink.) Personal, I would have a bank teller put it under the light to detect if it was real, even though they may take it away from you for being a counterfeit. You could demand a refund from whatever store passed it to you. If it checks out, then I'm not certain how that mark got on the note. A little help from our experts in currency please. @SteveInTampa, @mpcusa, others?
It’s definitely with in the note itself, not something done after printing looks like a process was started then stopped and started again, pretty cool if you ask me
I agree. It appears, by the photo, that the note has had some kind of trauma. I can’t say for sure if it happened while being printed, or afterwards.
I think this. Someone had this bill/currency. They used a razer to score the security strip inside the paper to see what it's made of. Then removed parts of the surface to see the strip. It's just post mint damage.
