Every christmas I send a $2 bill to all my buddys back home in their card to buy a beer with. This past year I found this, put it aside and forgot about it until now. I'm assuming that the Clemson paw was put on post minting but I want to be sure. The only reasons I question it is becuse I saw the bank teller break the band on the bills (I got $50.00 worth), The bill was minted at Atlanta, only an hour or so away from Clemson Univ. and a big fan area, and the bill is uncirculated - never been folded, not even once. If it was stamped post mint I would assume it would have been put into circulation and would show some sort of wear.So how can one tell if it was put on by a Clemson fan mint employee or just an everyday fan? Anyway, here's 3 pics at 10x, 60x and 200x magnification. I'll let you guys that know more than me make the call.
I think the little flashing ? mark means what is a Clemson Paw. Clemson University Fighting Tigers. All their sports teams are named the Tigers and the orange paw print is their logo. Like most big Colleges you can't go anywhere in the SC-Ga area without seeing that orange paw numerous times a day. On shirts, flags, cars. During football season this whole area turns orange. Some teams have fans, Clemson has fanatics.
This link explains it. It and wikipedia implies it was applied post issue. http://rob.orangejack.com/2005/12/05/two-dollar-bills-return-to-orlando/
