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$5 Phillips Randall - Missing Colour Phase - Genuine?

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 Posted 04/04/2026  07:01 am Show Profile   Check ClusterCoin's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add ClusterCoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Question: Is this a genuine missing colour phase banknote, or has it been washed / bleached / left in the sun?

The width is identical to a normal note, but the height is slightly smaller. The width of the purple main part of the banknote is slightly smaller. I have seen shrunken banknotes with a similar look that must have been through some sort of treatment, but this one is pretty much the correct size.

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$5-Phillips-Randall---Missing-Colour-Phase---Genuine?

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$5-Phillips-Randall---Missing-Colour-Phase---Genuine?

Normal Phillips Randall banknote underneath
$5-Phillips-Randall---Missing-Colour-Phase---Genuine?

As above, normal note underneath
$5-Phillips-Randall---Missing-Colour-Phase---Genuine?

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 Posted 04/04/2026  08:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jens coins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
send a message to Mick Vort-Ronald. He's the expert with error notes
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 Posted 04/04/2026  09:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks more bleached/faded to me.
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Yep,notes that go thru the wash in shirts/pants can get that bleached look.
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Thank you for the replies. I have seen a couple of notes like this, and always from the 1969-1972 era, so was wondering whether they were a genuine error or modified afterwards.
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