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Well, in answer to the original question: ignorance and lack of training.
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 with all the above! The way I look at it is, there are 7.5 billion people on this blue marble. A vast majority of them are oblivious to many, many things including the value or rarity of some currency.  Edited by Tootallious
11/30/2017 8:01 pm
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I can see a gas station attendant marking this up as counterfeit.
Walk into any major retailer and try paying for your purchase with series 1928 / 1934 Federal Reserve notes, blue seal silver certificates or red seal Untied States notes and watch the cashiers freak out and start calling for the head cashier.
As mentioned previously ....all due to inexperience, ignorance and lack of training.
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 That's all. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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But I wonder what the cost of the restoration would be.... Not sure it could even be restored.... Sharpies are called indelible for a reason. What a crime. Quote:
The way I look at it is, there are 7.5 billion people on this blue marble. A vast majority of them are oblivious to many, many things including the value or rarity of some currency. Agreed... even though we have all this wonderful social media at our disposal and everyone is so much more "enlightened"... few really care to use it to actually learn anything, develop critical thinking, delve into history, or step outside their bounds/comfort. GET OFF MY LAWN!! [/old guy rant] Edited by CelticKnot
12/01/2017 12:52 am
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That is my first time encountering such a bill (or banknote) in that situation.
I believe it is against the federal regulations to "deface" the bills---I read that somewhere.
It is such a shame that a old bill got a bad treatment from the cashier. I am sure the person who found out that this particular note was lost forever as it was stolen plus "defaced." Terrible!
Again, young cashiers and head cashiers do not see these notes daily---it is understandable that they would thought the note is fake.
I have not seen older bills in the circulation lately. That could explain this situation partly?
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12/01/2017 01:29 am
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I believe it is against the federal regulations to "deface" the bills---I read that somewhere. Source? The law states it's illegal to deface with intent to render the bill un-spendable, so you may have a point in this specific case. But generally it is perfectly find to write on notes. |
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I'm pretty sure the cost of restoration,if possible, would exceed the value of this note.
It's truly unfortunate.
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 I don't know why better training is not done for those in charge of handling cash. |
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Even worse is when they call the police to arrest the person who passed the "counterfeit".
That's happened many times, too.
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Denature alcohol should be able to remove the marker with ease, but not sure about how much further damage it would do to the bill.
I took $30 in $2 bills to the casino last night and the cashier counted them and ran one of those counterfeit pens over them which I thought was weird. (I broke even, so, I'm not counting them in the $2 spending thread)
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Common note in this grade even without the defacing, certainly not worth restoring. If the person who did it had simply never seen a brown seal in circulation, how could they have spent it afterward? Great puzzle.
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Walk into any major retailer and try paying for your purchase with series 1928 / 1934 Federal Reserve notes, blue seal silver certificates or red seal Untied States notes and watch the cashiers freak out and start calling for the head cashier. Hey westernsky I managed to spend 20 silver certificates once. The cashier took them and counted them and put them in the register. Edited by ckrakowski
12/01/2017 8:34 pm
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Go to a McDonalds and try to Pass a $ 2.00 Bill , bad enough to give them an Ike dollar |
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