I received this as change in 2001. Had it for a couple of days before I actually looked at it.......... I never noticed it. It felt and looked like a beat up, gone through the wash, kinda bill.:goof: When you look real close you the it was done on an good home printer...... I'm not even sure if having it as a conversation piece is legal. I doubt it, right? :whistle:
i cant see from these pics anythign that would tell me it was a fake. what parts make you think it is?
To answer your legal question, as far as I know it's not illegal to merely possess counterfeit currency, as long as you have no intention of spending or depositing it. (It is illegal though to make your own!) And even if you didn't make it, it's also illegal to attempt to spend or deposit currency you know, or reasonably suspect, to be counterfeit (unless of course you were mistaken and it actually is genuine). Yep, it does look fake. A fairly good fake, but still fake. Don't try to spend it!
Also, an a scan you can usually see the added darker line from the security strip, which there is none.
You can see multiple colors in the inks. A genuine bill should only ever have black and green ink on it. Look especially at the treasury seal... you can see it blending with the "TEN" in the way it shouldn't if it were two distinct printings a genuine bill would get. Look at the breaks in the border around Hamilton's portrait too. You can also see the edges aren't as sahrp as they should be on a genuine bill and can see some of the dots from the printer... With the bill in hand it should be pretty easy to tell by feeling the texture of the paper. Also see if the microprinting is present and distinct... hold it up to a light, there should be security strip in it I believe if genuine (were they put in ten's yet in 1995? If so, this seems to lack one, which would be enough to call it fake by itself.) Since the things that make it questionable are pretty subtle and may be because of a bad scan or just a porr condition bill, I won't say I'm 100% sure it's fake... but I'd lean that way... would want to examine it in hand to say for sure. Could ask a banker to see what they think; most are pretty well trained in detecting counterfeits.
A few things... It is possible to remove the security strip by pulling it out from one end. But it should leave a "pocket". Also, I have a fair amount of experience with home ink jet printers, I've yet to find a thin non-glossy paper that can take enough ink to make a good image on both sides without getting overloaded and wrinkling... But, perhaps the "aging" process could mask something like that too...
Yea, it's fake. MNcollector is correct. And if you had the bill in hand it becomes more obvious. You can, in fact, see the dots from the printer. But like I said it was change. From a $20 that I had spent a couple of dollars of and I just stuffed all the change in my pocket. I keep it as a conversation piece to my collection. Most that I've shown it to I haven't said anything to at first and most everyone was fooled by it as well.:goof:
Can you post higher quality scans. If not of the entire note, then just closeups of the treasury seal, some of the portrait, some of the border artwork, some of the street area on the reverse, and the district seal? It could be counterfeit, but I can't see any of the classic flaws in the areas I referenced (could be due to the low scan quality).
i agree. some of the points that have been made dont 100% for certain mean its fake. i would like to be able tosee a larger picture to be sure. Not that im doubting the OP.. i just dont seed it... yet Also, i own a counterfeit $20 that a restaurant owner gave me a while back. he got it from another owner to show his employees, so it didnt cost him anything - and he knew i was a collector. It is not illegal to posses a fake not... but any attempt at trying to pass it as real is illegal.
If the note was generated by an inkjet printer, the seals would not have sharp points, the fonts would look off, the har in the portrait would not look right, the streetscape would show blending rather than fine lines, the quality of the fine lines in the border areas would be way off, Fonts wouldn't look right in the seals, just to name a few flaws that inkjet printers cannot overcome. Plenty of worn notes can become bleached from use (or being wet/washed) and discoloration is far from rare. A missing security thread could be a legit error worth quite a bit of money. The note is from a transitional period and the use of old or wrong paper stock has happened.
Is the resolution on those scans 1200??? Is the graininess that I see due to the scanner or is that actually present on the note?
that was my thinking when i saw the cans last night ... scanners really add a trick to scans!!! im thinking it IS the note. the off colors seem to follow with them ... a nice note to have.. but i wouldnt try to spend it lol
It looks so used and abused that I am sure you could pass it to any cashier under busy circumstances...just do not get caught..if you do..plegde stupidity!! RickieB
