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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George McClellan, post: 3236698, member: 92441&quot;]The <b>very</b> interesting Artificial Toning discussion on the Home page of CT provokes me to post this thread...</p><p>&nbsp;... before my meds kick in.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Being a bottom-feeder World rag collector, I depend <i>very much</i> on <b>obvious</b> signs of ...circulation.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If I&#039;m going to spend<b> three whole Yankee dollars</b> on a note <b>from</b> Botswana, I don&#039;t want something that&#039;s been sitting in a printer&#039;s shop in Pretoria or London.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Do yo want that with camel dung?&quot; Yes, please!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are <u>modern</u> counterfeits that may have &#039;artificial&#039; wear (to be expected in an <i>extremely rare</i> note) ...</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; [I <b>did</b> search artificial and counterfeit in CT &#039;paper money&#039; but couldn&#039;t find <b>the</b> example I&#039;d seen.]</p><p>Wait, let the meds take effect! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp; No way someone&#039;s going to deliberately &quot;circulate&quot; a common note. Right?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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