Anyone ever seen anything like this? I'm no collector, but just the last hour on Google, eBay and money collector forums and can't find a thing. This bill is very clearly printed on another color cotton paper from the usual. I've left a lot of bills in the sun and none have ever done this. Can't imagine that's what has happened here. Didn't even know the 2009A bills were rare when I started the search today, but I can't find a thing about any that were printed on sepia/brown/orange paper. Can anyone help identifying this?
Series 2009A $100 notes are by no means rare. I'd be willing to bet that the color difference is post-BEP.
Just received the bill personally and I certainly haven't been doing currency heat experiments. That said, I'm pretty unconvinced this could be heat. The discoloration isn't uniform. To the far right over the watermark there's hardly any brown color at all.
Welcome to CT Ryan. I would agree with the other members that replied to this post. It has been exposed to some from of heat or high temperatures. Definitely not sunlight. I believe that someone tried to make this look like it was a $100.00 bill printed on a $10.00 note so as to claim an error from the BEP (Bureau of Engraving and Printing). It could even be reproduced to look like this. Try holding a black light up to the bill and shine it on the strip that's embedded in the bill. If it's a real $100.00 bill that strip will fluoresce and you can read the domination and USA on the strip.
have you never seen paper burn in a fire? the discoloration will not be uniform unless the heat source was perfectly uniform, which is highly unlikely...
A hot iron is a uniform heat source. The paper for money is made from cotton and linen. Have you ever seen an iron scorch a shirt?
Probably went through a dryer, left in a pocket or something. I don't think it's remotely possible for that $100 to have been printed any differently. Environment can do many things
