Think I Might Have Gotten A Fake :(

"Green" and "Lime" seals are distinct - apparently there is a subset of the 1934 FRNs that was just printed with a different, lime-er, ink for the seal.

e.g.

Green:

vs.

Lime:

That's awesome display, a show stopper.
Thanks for sharing.

Sometimes people have notes professionally cleaned. They soak them to remove stains, grime, etc. One of the side effects is blurry or lightened printing. I could only imagine the size of the note could be affected as well.

Just to set your mind at rest about the possibility of your note being fake, I taped together the holders on a few notes so you could see that this size disparity is not at all uncommon.....(the notes were not moved between scans).









Here is another comparison:









and another:









Another:









More?









I could show you many, many more, but I think that you should get the picture by now.....(intaglio plates were not all the same size)...here is one last comparison just to be sure, but if you really want to see some size differences, check out some large size notes....(I have seen 1/4' differences).











Your note is genuine, and just the size that it is supposed to be (whatever that is)...

Well, thanks for saying so Billie, but I really am not so much into small size notes.....rather, I am a fan of the large size....

WOW, well if I'd held any doubt that surely would have laid them to rest. Awesome collection!

Thanks everyone for the help! I'm enjoy this hobby very much.

zeewool,

Beautiful pics of your notes.

In reference to your question, I find it ironic that as the US population's backsides have gotten larger, the back of our notes have gotten smaller.