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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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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.
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Moderator
 United States
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New Member
United States
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Without first hand examination it appears genuine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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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.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7731 Posts |
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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. |
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Valued Member
United States
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It's a raised note. It was bleached and printed over. Not a real $500
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Moderator
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2859 Posts |
This is NOT a genuine $500. The print quality of the ink is the most obvious indicator.
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Moderator
United States
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good eyes on evaluating the inking of this note.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
 Philippines
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OP here, my dad's friend were selling more pieces, do the serial numbers of the other bills help with figuring out if it's more like legit or counterfeit, since they came supposedly from the same place? Here are the other bills the friend was selling:   Edited by rollingturtle
08/11/2026 08:31 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7731 Posts |
These pictures are of a too low quality to help determine authenticity. Your best bet is to show questionable notes like these to a reputable currency dealer. Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
957 Posts |
def need to inspect these in hand but I am leaning counterfeit. look at the serial numbers on the 100s, they are all close in number but the notes seem to have diff wear. do they or the other 50s have a back plate number?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
863 Posts |
I agree with hfjacinto. I don't think it's a counterfeit, but I do think it has been washed (which greatly impairs the collector value), thus causing the odd appearance of the printing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The shape of the number 2 in the serial numbers on the $500.00 notes is wrong.
These are typical of fakes coming out of the Philippines.
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