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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George McClellan, post: 4614940, member: 92441&quot;]Great image!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":snaphappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie74" alt=":pics:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Well the &quot;stain&quot; on the note would convince me the note was genuine...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>... if it cost a dollar (because I collect cheap stuff and prefer &quot;circulated&quot;).<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Fakes are very interesting and important to be knowledgeable about.</p><p>I obtained 20+ fake Confederate full color notes done on a computer printer that had both sides [front and back] of and on the same note where one could read <b>all</b> the fine print, had thin paper and came in a semi-rigid top loader and cost a dollar apiece, plus S&amp;H.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp; But I keep them thirty feet away from my collection of &quot;real&quot; stuff because if one&#039;s estate tries to sell one&#039;s collection of Genuine notes and a <b>fake</b> is spotted... well the offered price drops 95%.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;Whether or not a collector of fakes should keep a genuine note... well the same possibility arises.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp; Happily, fakes are everywhere. One imagines a fake <i>miniassegni fracobollo </i>which would require only an Italian stamp, cellophane and a printer.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;If the note pictured was described and sold as a fake and you have confidence in the dealer then you are on good ground...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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