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I also asked if they could use the money counting machine and it detected a 2 $ bill Are you saying that the counting machine detected these notes with the 1935 series date as counterfeit ? |
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Send it in for authentication and end this guessing game.
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Any idea where in the Los Angeles area?
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm guessing there are brick & mortar coin shops in a city that large. Google "coin store near me" and call them for their charges to add your note(s) to their next submission.
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The website pmgnotes.com will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about finding a submission dealer in your state, or about submitting the notes yourself.
Quit beating a dead horse and get it done.
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They are altered 1976 notes.
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one of the notes shows a smudge in the year area, which could be a leftover of modification
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No matter what, even if it is confirmed as altered, there will still be a huge part of the story missing. I'm trying to think of the journey of physical $2 bill itself. --Before you, it was in some bank in Italy. But where was it before that? --How did it get into that specific bank, and why would a bank in Italy carry any US $2 in the first place? --Did all Italian banks routinely carry US$2 back then or randomly just this bank? --If someone walked into the bank before you and deposited them, why would someone who has made what seems to me to be a high quality fake ever release it into circulation for $2 rather than try to sell it on ebay for $1000? --How did it get mixed in with your other $2, and are the other 1976 bills from the same federal reserve and batch? Like everyone else I'm waiting to see the outcome from having it validated, but we'll probably never know the whole curious story ! Edited by TheSerialFlorist
02/10/2023 1:31 pm
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It's an altered note. Worth $2, any notes pre 1976 didn't have the reverse shown or green seals. If you look carefully you can see the 1935 is different in each note, the top 1 the 3 is larger than the 9, while on the 2nd, you see a smaller 3. Some erased part of 76 and changed to 35, you can even see the erase/ink smudge. If you think it's real get it certified and you'll have a note worth $2 that you paid $35+ for.
Good luck.
Edited by hfjacinto
02/10/2023 1:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Btw you can get US notes on most banks in Europe, lots of Americans travel to Europe it's really easy to get US Notes in Europe.
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Speaking of strange, this is surely one of the strangest threads I've every read.  |
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I agree @coinfrog! Everything is an error, everything is worth millions. When it's clear someone made this. Oh well, a fool and his money.
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As far as I know, lots of military personnel used to use 2 $ bills and there's a huge base close to Venice, which is where I got those notes from.
My guess is they made its way out the base, and then were taken to the bank.
Italian banks don't have US dollars available, you have to request them, and after a few days they're ready.
Honestly I don't remember, I spent the others I got that day years ago but I don't recall seeing any similarities when it comes to serial number or other things
Anyway, I already found a place in Los Angeles I will take them to and then hopefully I'll find out.
Like many of you mentioned, the 35 appears strange indeed, still, I wonder why any person would change the year on a genuine note, or make a fake one with such a random year.
Edited by Alex1989
02/10/2023 7:20 pm
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if the paper lacks colored threads, as the scans suggest, these notes are most likely fakes, but if the paper instead has the usual color threads, the notes are most likely genuine but modified
I hope the place you're taking them has more currency-collection experience than a typical bank
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