How Does One Check If A 1934 $500 Bill Is Real?

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rollingturtle New Member Philippines 1 Posts	Posted Yesterday 06:32 am * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Long story short my dad bought off this 500 dollar bill from a friend of his who says it used to be owned by a governor, can you give any tips to check if its real? EDITED! Included back side of the bill Edited by rollingturtle Yesterday 11:48 am Report this Post to the Staff

Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6741 Posts	Posted Yesterday 07:09 am Do you have a photo of the other side? Looks good to me https://en.numista.com/396734 Report this Post to the Staff
hfjacinto Pillar of the Community United States 7362 Posts	Posted Yesterday 07:11 am Looks real but also looks like it been washed and pressed. My Slabbed Dansco 7070 with Gold Page My Slabbed IHC Set My Slabbed 20th Century Type Set Report this Post to the Staff
smat45 Pillar of the Community United States 2368 Posts	Posted Yesterday 09:30 am Cool serial number! smat Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 101900 Posts	Posted Yesterday 10:14 am to CCF. It would help us if you were to post up the reverse side of this note. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21751 Posts	Posted Yesterday 10:18 am This is one of the large denomination banknotes ($500- $100,000) that were made for bank use only so I doubt if there would be any counterfeits as there would be no way of distributing them. Report this Post to the Staff
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FreiherrVonNumis New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted Yesterday 8:15 pm Without first hand examination it appears genuine. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7679 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:59 pm The printed colors and the sharpness of the printing is suspect. The note does not "stand up" well at all. I do not see a back plate number on the note, either. That number should be in the reverse frame open area in the lower right quadrant between "Five Hundred Dollars" and the scroll work to the right. For now I'm leaning towards counterfeit. A closer examination "in hand" might yield a different opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7679 Posts	Posted Today 11H 50M ago Quote: This is one of the large denomination banknotes ($500- $100,000) that were made for bank use only so I doubt if there would be any counterfeits as there would be no way of distributing them. All of the larger denomination notes printed and used for public exchange in the US are still legal tender. These include $500 thru $10000 denominations. (The $100,000 denomination was never released into public circulation as those were used for settlements between Federal Reserve Banks.) Whenever a larger denomination note is deposited in this day and age the note is supposed to be retained for verification and redemption by the Fed. The customer receives a "pending" deposit of the face value pending verification. I don't think I've seen or heard of one being deposited in the last 25 years. They are worth much more than face but some people don't know that. Strange things happen. Report this Post to the Staff
CoolBreeze Valued Member United States 159 Posts	Posted Today 9H 0M ago It's a raised note. It was bleached and printed over. Not a real $500 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 192424 Posts	Posted Today 1H 3M ago to the Community! 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
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