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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 2420412, member: 2098&quot;]I&#039;ve found that most tellers are pretty reasonable as well. If it&#039;s one thing that can bring out the dark side in them it&#039;s a potential counterfeit. I recall last year a teller told me how a woman brought in numerous Series 1934 $100 notes to deposit that were counterfeit. Well, at least the tellers who were on duty thought they were counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The teller said the notes the woman handed over were sent to the Secret Service for counterfeit examination. The woman was told if she handed over any more she was carrying that those would be seized as well. I was unable to later ascertain the results of what happened with the notes being sent to the Secret Service for verification but I suspect it is unlikely the notes were counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel it was more likely the tellers just used the &#039;pen&#039; (which is ineffective on notes from Series 1934) and lacked the skills to determine authenticity themselves. This goes back to what I said about tellers (generally) being ignorant about old currency, even though they encounter it as part of their job on an often frequent basis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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