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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-JJH-, post: 198244, member: 6852&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Some time ago, I received a small package, containing a nice collection of Malayan and Burmese issue JIM banknotes. All notes were in beautiful condition and even black light didn&#039;t make them glow. But then I started to go through the Malayan set. There was supposed to be a banknote, with nominal value of $100 and the seller also stated that it is Pick M8b.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at the scan <a href="http://www2.lut.fi/~mruohone/M8.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.lut.fi/~mruohone/M8.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www2.lut.fi/~mruohone/M8.jpg</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>First point that immediately caught my eye, is the fact that (according to Standard Catalog of World Banknotes, 9th issue) M8b should have block letters with the letter &#039;M&#039; having sloping down- and upstrokes. Well, in the picture you&#039;ll see&#039;em being totally vertical. That rules the b-variant out.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I cannot definitely say that I see a watermark, under black light there is evidence of some sort of wmk though. It could be there, or maybe it isn&#039;t there. That means, this note COULD probably be M8a, if there is a wmk present (I&#039;ll have to ask some other person to take a look at the note).</p><p><br /></p><p>But then, last thing, the face color...to my eyes (being a color-blind person) it seems to have some reddish-purpleish color on it and also the color is quite badly offset from the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, ladies and gentlemen, I&#039;d like some opinions about this note; is it M8a, M8b, M8c or even a possible error note M8x ??</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>JJ[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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