Possible Error, 100$ Polymer, Misprinted ?

This should be caused by improper drying of the notes, at least for paper. I've seen a few on ebay advertised as so, but I think for polymer notes, a good rub of that area could also have the same effect.

It looks like on your note, the smear areas also seem to be near a fold. I'd just get another early $100 and rub it against something to see if the effect can be recreated.

The shape of the note itself is not distorted as far as I can tell. I rubbed two 100$ notes against each other using the palm of my hands, I pushed down pretty hard and that created some heat in the process. I've done it for barely 10 seconds and here is the result:



I'm not willing to burn any 100$ note to see the result.

wd1040:
Upper spots are between two hard folds. Bottom part is relatively farther away from these folds.

Thank you all for the comments so far. Wondering if I should get this certified...

Alright, I just showed my note to Louis Chevrier at the Nuphilex show in Montreal as well as another dealer at the table and I was told this could be damage from chemicals, but that we cannot know for sure until we test other 100$ notes with certain chemicals to see if the same effect replicates.

I am not willing to do this, not worth it IMO. So back to circulation it goes!