One Sided 1995 $1

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I'll have to compare,, but it is not at all flimsy. The good thing is I didn't buy this,, Mom got it in change, so if it is a sanded bill then it is no big deal. I don't know where to get it officially graded, but I took it to a coin show,, showed it to a few different vendors, those that had an opinion, thought it was real, one wanted to buy it.

Oh I did buy a couple of misstruck pennies.

Thanks,
Tom

I meant to respond to this and now I will have to get home and find the information again, but I do not think it is a fake. The book I have listed a few of these; but only until the 70's, and for the condition you have they were going for at least $100. I will try to find it again and post the information tonight.

See my post at 09/01/2008 : 6:26:09 PM where one from 1995 is offered at $250

I remember a restaurant owner showing me a hundred dollar bill that was printed on an inkjet printer. I noticed it right away that it was a fake, but what was interesting that it had a watermark on it. The theif just sanded down both sides. Lincoln was the watermark. The casier used one of those counterfeit pens, but since it was printed on real paper, it didn't matter. They probably glanced at the watermark real quick and did not notice the different faces. The theif got free food and about $70 in real money for $5.

I guarantee that the note was not sanded down. The counterfeiter obviously wanted a note with a watermark and the plastic security filament. If you were to try to just sand down a note, there is no reason to use a $5- you would just use a $1. I am not convinced that sanding would ever work though. Many people do not carefully examine the watermark(note specific President although it can be difficult to distinguish which one at a glance) or the filament(the filament has microprinting with the denomination although magnification is needed) and so as long as "something" is there, it is good enough.

The pens fail miserably in this case because it is a paper(linen) reaction and not specific to the denomination. The best foolproof Counterfeit Detection is to use a handheld UV light on the security filament- each denomination fluoresces a different color in UV light. Notes like that are bleached and then reprinted. Your average household Clorox(5% sodium hypochlorite) will not work and I just tried 30% hydrogen peroxide to no avail(the stuff you find in a pharmacy is 3%, 30% H2O2 will severely burn skin) so it much require a heavy duty bleaching agent.