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daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 01:43 am was wondering if these were Real or fake? Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 3:03 pm I can't find any reference in the current Spinx catalog on Confederate notes, so I believe that's a fake. The 5 & 20 notes are real. Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 5:04 pm yeah that was my thinking also. Thanks echizento. I am just curious as to why it has so much wear on the 1000 if it is a fake. I also think it is though Report this Post to the Staff
Tim Stroud Pillar of the Community United States 2661 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 5:42 pm Be very weary of Confederate notes. I think there may be more fakes than real ones around now. Remember that the Union flooded the south with counterfeit currency during the war in order to undermine the economy. Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 5:56 pm well these are just some I had. I am not looking to buy/sell right now. Thats some interesting facts Tim I didnt know that Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 5:59 pm Wouldn't the contemporary counterfeits created by the Union be worth something? Surely they are worth a lot more than the modern fakes? Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 8:11 pm That would make sense -- even the white Fivers from Operation Bernhard are worth a lot of money now. Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 10:47 pm Quote: even the white Fivers from Operation Bernhard are worth a lot of money now What is that? Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 10:49 pm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard Basically German plan of undermining the British economy by having the people in concentration camps fake 5 pounds notes, which back then were uniface white notes. *That look like this But then all British notes are recorded in book form in the BoE, so one time one of the tellers found 2 notes of the same number, and they slowly discovered the plan Edited by wd1040 03/25/2009 10:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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