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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 378221, member: 8247&quot;]Solvent smears tend to look just like that, a very pronounced smear.&nbsp; This note almost looks like someone used it to do a little thin layer chromotagraphy with it.&nbsp; But, I have also seen legitimate small ink smears that looked more like splotches than an actual smear.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, my suggestion would be, since having the note in hand makes it much easier to tell the difference, is to show up at a couple coin shows and ask each and every paper dealer their opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that should still stand out is the non-affected areas should still be embossed and have the ink raised like a normal note.&nbsp;&nbsp; Don&#039;t know how easy it would be for someone to fake this type of error without affecting that property of the non-affected areas.&nbsp; Also, since this would be a first printing error, there should be no evidence of the solvent affecting the obverse of the note, but if someone was blotting the reverse, it&#039;s possible that no solvent would have leeched through to front anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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