Possible Error Note, Two Different Serials

Maybe there is TNG.

You would think they caught on with that many then.
Perhaps they did but some maybe still escaped.

The way it was explained to me was that the digits are set initially by hand. During use, the numbers can get gummed up and they stick. This produces stuck digit notes, missing digit notes and if they begin to rotate again, then you get mismatched serial number notes and they will continue to produce the error until it is caught.

I do a lot of photo alteration for publication. After years of this you get used to seeing inconsistencies in manipulated images. Conversely you also get an eye for inconsistencies in legit pics. I am not saying this image is manipulated. I am saying that from the pictures posted, the bill, to me, looks genuine. Some have shown where the design goes across the crease - this was the first clue of legitimacy I saw when I started reading this thread. Also the intricacies of the design matching on both sides of the crease is just too perfect looking to be an altered bill.

Nowadays there is a lot of high tech out there that I am not aware of, but there is no obvious (or not so) residue from adhesive (unless they had nanobots weave the threads back together from two bills!). From the pics I say it is legit. So I am looking forward to either learning a good lesson or, better yet, being able to congratulate Baanos on his good find.

So how is this situation progressing?

I am curious, why did you send it to PMG? Obviously, it was not of a gem uncirculated grade, and the costs are so much to use PMG... usually PMG is where you send really rare or valuable notes.

I notice in your profile that you are from Montreal, so why didn't you have Louis Chevier at CCCS examine it and certify it? I would assume authentication is more important than someone telling you the grade for this note (since it was circulated). Louis Chevier probably knows paper money better than he knows how to grade coins. It would have cost you less than $25. Or, you could have brought it to the next Nuphilex show in Montreal, in November, and any number of higher end paper money dealers, including Louis (CCCS is present at that coins show) could have told you if it was authentic...

I guess my point is, everyone was so quick to tell you to get it certified, but you are really only paying a lot of money for an opinion. There were plenty of other options to get a professional opinion, without spending $100....

The reason I sent it to PMG and not to any certifier in Canada is because of what I heard about their international reputation, seemed to me like the best bet and I did believe my note was rare and valuable. And I did not know any better.

Alright guys, finally it has been graded. It is indeed genuine and was graded a 40 with a small tear. I'm quite happy :) I will post pictures as soon as I receive it.