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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 7678110, member: 2098"]This isn't necessarily the case. Banking personnel rely heavily on validation through counting machines. Counting machines vary in their programming when it comes to verifying older notes like this. It may pass or it may not. Second to this, they rely on the feel of a note followed by the pen. New or really ignorant tellers may expect to see a strip or watermark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many a teller have falsely declared old notes to be counterfeit, seized them on a power trip, and sent them off to the Secret Service. Then the notes come back a week later designated as genuine and the teller/management is left stupefied.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being we haven't seen a picture of the note in question, I think the best thing to do at this point is to just set it aside for a while and see how well the mark fades over time. It could become completely transparent after a few days or weeks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 7678110, member: 2098"]This isn't necessarily the case. Banking personnel rely heavily on validation through counting machines. Counting machines vary in their programming when it comes to verifying older notes like this. It may pass or it may not. Second to this, they rely on the feel of a note followed by the pen. New or really ignorant tellers may expect to see a strip or watermark. Many a teller have falsely declared old notes to be counterfeit, seized them on a power trip, and sent them off to the Secret Service. Then the notes come back a week later designated as genuine and the teller/management is left stupefied. Being we haven't seen a picture of the note in question, I think the best thing to do at this point is to just set it aside for a while and see how well the mark fades over time. It could become completely transparent after a few days or weeks.[/QUOTE]
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