I just sold a purse on a local yard sale site and was paid in 20s and received this 1985 $20 bill. Is it real?? Thank you
Yes, it looks fine to me. Your post kind of relates to point number two in this post I made last night: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/stamped-counterfeit-10-00-bill.332413/#post-3349593. This has nothing to do with you personally but we have the government to thank for the general public's lack of knowledge about older currency designs. The government only informs and educates the public on the latest design or generation of currency notes and does nothing to inform and educate the public in learning about older notes, which are still found and encountered in circulation in abundance. This has lead to countless uncertainty and confusion from the general populous about whether their "unusual" notes are genuine for at least the last 20 years.
Not necessarily. That is only a series date. The dates on bills do not change unless a treasurer, a secretary of the treasury, or the design of the bill changes. The next change occurred in 1990 for the $20 bill. So ops bill could have been printed after 1985 but before 1990.
It's not just "people", either. One of the grocery stores I use put in new self-checkouts that accept $100 bills -- but they reject ones that don't have the current anti-counterfeiting features. I tried to use a Series 2008, and the machine wouldn't have any parts of it. I wasn't too offended, though; those machines would be a big target if they weren't super-conservative about accepting large bills.
It's outdated.. No longer worth face value. I will buy it from you for $5.00 Just kidding. Real and still good to purchase items
You, I any just about everyone else knows this. I was trying to kept it simple for the OP as they have no idea.
