Welcome to Coin Talk! Your *O/G $2 is one of the common ones with 320,000 printed. For a low serial number to have a premium it would have to be...
This seller claims over a miliion:...
See line #2 under Gold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millesimal_fineness
Aidan used to do the same thng.....
They are marked 999.9. I found this on the net: "The Netherlands Schöne Edelmetaal (part of the Umicore group) has been a manufacturer of...
With all the security features that are in place in modern notes, it's still surprising how many counterfeits are still successfully passed. Micro...
Lot's of grave digging goin' on lately[IMG]
Sloppy cut and paste.:yes:
Unless there is documentation of a specific reason for counterstamping these, it would be difficult to nail it down. When I was a kid, I played...
Bonus!!! Good for you!
Sounds logical..... I'd go with that.:D
It gets more of an orange peel effect than a pock-marked look.
I agree with Matt, acid eaten.
That is an absolutely fascinating thread! Well done and thanks for posting it!:thumb:
First time I've seen one like that. I have no idea why it would have been done. But, interesting and a keeper anyway.
Same thing, different place.
Beauty! It looks like it's had a hard life! LOL!
I was able to scan the obverse of a problem note but only once. The details are here in the last post:...
Okay, this is interesting..... Today, for fun, I tried scanning one of the notes that wouldn't scan and to my surprise I was able to scan the...
I'll play around with the camera today and see what the results are. I've taken photos of the notes that won't scan but they were low quality...
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