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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1317948, member: 26302&quot;]While matching serial numbers for these were a great help, the real answer to the OP will be knowledge. This entire hobby is built on knowledge, and looking at hundreds or thousands of authentic specimens. </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect ancient coins, and the first question anyone ever asks me is how do you know they are real. I have literally seen thousands upon thousands of authentic coins. After a while you can quickly tell when something is not right. Many times you don&#039;t even know what, but you just know something is wrong. This really cannot be done with photos, which is why many times online good coins are labelled fakes. I bet you even if you couldn&#039;t have matched up serial numbers of these notes, if you took them to a knowledgable collector or dealer they would have been able to tell you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know everyone wants instant gratification that posting a photo can provide, and bill collectors are lucky that they have serial numbers, but sometimes it still does come down to needing an expert to examine something in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Btw I was a US collector in my past colelcting life, and have a number of colonial and continental notes, so I am not just ancient collector crashing your guys&#039; party. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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