Irregular Segmented Thread On Banknote

It almost looks like the lower portion of the security strip has been removed. In the pictures you have provided...you can not see the imprinted lettering on the bottom two sections of the exposed security strip. You should be able to read the lettering on all four sections like you can in the top two. I have heard of people removing the security strips from banknotes...I guess out of boredom. Maybe your note was a failed attempt to remove the whole security strip.

Not sure Baanos. Just offering up my uneducated guess for banknotes. I have never tried to remove a security strip to see if there was any discoloration below the strip. Hold the note up to a light. When you do that...you can read the full security strip from top to bottom of the note. It should say 10 CAN flowed by a mirror image of the 10 CAN. The lettering will alternate from one ed of the strip to the other. Check it and see if the full strip is there.

Thank you for the new picture. It definitely does look like the Security strip has been stretched. I'm way out of my league with banknotes. I hope that one or more of the knowledgeable banknote collectors chimes in to answer your question. I will be watching this thread. The more I can learn about banknotes the better.

I would think that a heat source would cause it to shrink like a "Shrinky Dink" (for those of you old enough to remember such a thing). If the strip shrinks or shrivels...I would think the lettering would also shrink and not appear to be stretched...elongated.