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Contact me: *** Edited by Staff - Please Review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. ***. I deal immensely in currency, and I can maybe identify it if you send me some hi-res photos. |
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This is interesting.  |
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Thailand
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I know this is a very old thread, but I just came across it as I was googling for, yes, a $100 bill with a frowning face, pointy nose Franklin watermark.
I have exactly what Genevieve has. The watermark is identical to the one she posted. No idea where I received it, but when I noticed the watermark, it was strange enough to do some research. Haven't taken it to the bank yet.
So Genevieve...if you are still following this, did you find out what the deal was with yours?
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It first looked like a different image of franklin to me. Then I tipped my screen to an angle and can see why people say its grant. It's almost a hybrid of the two.
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So, I did a little research for you. Look into the IRAN SUPERNOTES....apparently our plates were sold to iran and other countries and fake bills were made. They were then laundered through other countries until they made it back to the U.S....Apparently you can not identify a real bill from these supernotes.
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I think you are trying to convince yourself into seeing something that is not there. The watermarks on $100s vary on purpose, this is done intentionally by the BEP -- sort of like a check digit. Look at a pack of $100s and you will see a variety of slightly different watermarks. I liken them from a happy alert Franklin to one that looks like he just ate some bad fish.
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Well, to me, it really is something different than anything I have seen before insofar as Franklin watermarks: the closed eyes, the very different pointy nose, and sort of an angry smile. Here is a closer shot of the watermark:  |
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My dad just told me about a $100 bill he got about 6 years ago that was yet to be in circulation that had an oddity to it. The Watermark doesn't actually look like a watermark at all, but instead like an actual print of a face where the watermark would be. The face doesn't exactly look like Franklin either.
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Ive actually run into one before. Take it to the bank. Let them run it through their machine to test its reality. If thry say its real. Its an error of someone other than franklin(grant? Lincoln? Roosevelt?) HOWEVER... if the bank says its not real..then your mom has been holding a counterfeit. Which SOME collectors will buy but not for face value but much lower... be ause its just interesting to add to a collection. Good luck. Mine was a counterfeit
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