Possible Error On 100$ Polymer Banknote

The note's been tampered with.

I just tried 100%-acetone on a five and it did nothing. Every different shade of color comes from a separate plate, I think its an error. If it was that easy to turn a bill into an error bill there would be a flood of error bills for sale.

Thank you for that. I didn't know it had no effect. I'll hold on to it for now and try to get more info.




Already done that, I'm not getting too many responses. Guess I'll wait.

I think you need an email from an Internet service provider in order to register.

you are correct, the acetone just takes off the serial numbers, I assumed it would do the same with the rest of the printing.

Your right its easy to remove the serial number, isn't that stupid, anyone can add radar numbers and poof see my cool radar note or replacement note or what have you. Everybody should be aware of this.

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Remove both or even one serial number and POOF you have an instant error bill. This really irritates me, that along with all the counterfeit stuff, I have to ask - man whats with people?

This is an interesting note.

I know of one collector who had actually removed ink from the polymer banknotes using chemicals.

However it should be remembered that unlike the journey series where only the earlier versions had varnish applied to it - all polymers have varnish applied to it on both sides.

By careful examination under a high powered loop or a microscope it is possible to determine if the ink layer that you are seeing is under the varnish or above.

If it under the varnish then it is likely caused during production.

This could also be falsely created by either smudging with some chemicals or by applying additional ink. Although higher resolution pictures could provide more detail it does not seem like ink has been removed. It looks lime more ink has been applied.

Is it possible that more ink could have been applied during production. I believe that if during the Intaglio application the roller was not cleaned properly there would be some excess ink left and it could smear off onto the sides.

So there is a possibility that this may be caused during production as most of the additional ink is around the Intaglio portion other than the top right portion just below the 100 counter.

If you are in GTA area and would be available to show this note I could look under a microscope and give you some ideas.

I study note design and small variations in them and very interested in your note (whether it is a production related thing or not)

As to its value - that's another matter on which I have no opinion.

I changed my mind. I will hold on to it until I can confirm whether it is an error or not. Is there anyone in the greater Montreal area who can identify errors?