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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 5261519, member: 2098&quot;]It&#039;s the equivalent of a chopmark used on silver coins in the old days to validate their authenticity. Chopmarks are very common on $100 notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a contemporary 1990&#039;s example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219889[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219890[/ATTACH]</p><p>They are often done abroad at currency exchanges or international currency depositories. Nearly 80% of $100 notes in <a href="https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/chicago-fed-letter/2018/396" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/chicago-fed-letter/2018/396" rel="nofollow">circulation</a> are held abroad. Some of these eventually make their way stateside, leaving bills to turn up domestically with these mysterious stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Arabic chopmarks from the Middle East are also fairly common on $100 notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1219894[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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