Need Help Identifying Old Bank Note

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jdsstrat Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 02/18/2025 9:42 pm I found this in a box of old notes that I inherited from my grandfather and thought at first that it was some kind of facsimile. Then I took it to a coin shop nearby and the gentleman told me that it wasn't. But that's all that he could tell me. I've had a LOT of luck at this forum with some of the oddball coins I've come across in the collection so I was hoping for more of the same with this note (if that is in fact what it is). Thanks in advance for the collective wisdom I hope can be brought to bear here. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 11:09 am Very interesting. Hopefully someone will be able to identify it. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Root River Mint New Member United States 46 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 12:32 pm It is close to this note from Maryland but different enough where I think it may be a modern fantasy note. Is it printed on that crinkly, brown paper that the Declaration of Independence copies are printed on? That would indicate a fake. If you lay it across one finger, does it flop down on both sides or is it more ridged? Floppy is good, ridged is bad. https://emmitsburg.net/archive_list.../photos1.htm Report this Post to the Staff
jdsstrat Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 1:05 pm Definitely floppy! I was an elementary school teacher for 33 years in NYC and used those fake documents you are referring to a lot. This is definitely NOT one of those. And, yes, I would agree, this looks a lot like those documents in your link. This is more like a blank 1-dollar check, though. As if, someone brought one of these into the bank in Emmittsburg and got one of the notes in your link out from the same bank. Or something like that. Would you agree? Report this Post to the Staff
lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 02/25/2025 3:55 pm It is Hard Times scrip probably from Emmitsburg, MD. Report this Post to the Staff
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