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Nope I haven't. That bid is going up fast.
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Not knowing anything about the note making process I still immediately jump to funny business. I wouldn't touch it for $5 unless I knew for sure it was real and I don't know if it possibly can be.
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very easy to do with a $ 2.00 note but I dont know about a
$ 5.00 note ...
,, kel ,,
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Because its polymer I have no idea how it could be split like the paper notes  |
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In Mick Vort Ronald's Australian Banknote Errors book, he shows a couple of polymer 5's- there's an EL08 blank, and some 10's and 20's. Most have error marks/numbers in texta as they had been picked up by the sorters, just not rejected before being sent out. The ebay one is unmarked, so would be at a premium - into the 4 figure range for sure. There is the possibility of bleaching or other solvents: though the note is stated to be aUNC, and I don't see any bleeding into the reverse design. Looks like a spectacular - and pricey- error. |
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Well I've learned something. Its a very strange error. Would that mean an entire sheet would be missing the ink?
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What about the thought that one side has just been photocopied onto a printer-friendly sheet of clear plastic similar in texture and weight to a real note.
All they would have to do is cut out the clear (tamper-proof!) icon in the window of the original note to allow a transparent area to show, and a $5 note shaped piece of card (with the window also cut out) to place on top so that the image from the other side doesn't show through.
What makes me think it would be a fake is that the number is blanked out so that someone can't say, "Hang on, I have a note with that number ..."
I reckon I could knock one up in less than 30 minutes once I located a suitable transparent sheet - and it would only cost me the orignal five bucks that now has a hole in it.
Or even less, if I scanned a five buck note and simply Photoshopped the tamper-proof icon from the window before printing out one side on transparent paper. Much simpler!
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What about the thought that one side has just been photocopied onto a printer-friendly sheet of clear plastic similar in texture and weight to a real note If it is a make-up error note, then the seller has done a pretty good job. The photos are clear and zoomable; most bodgy sellers use blurry/indistinct pix. There is also the option if in Brissy to see the note in person, no shed seller offers that... I've had a closer look at the notes illustrated in Mick's book, and the EL08 note has a blank window, just as this one does - so that's plausible. If I had the funds, I'd be having a nibble at it  |
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Went for $677. Time to find some notes like that!
Pedro
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If it is a make-up error note, then the seller has done a pretty good job. Yeah,it looks OK but so do a lot of the 1923 halves that are fakes.One thing for sure if it is a forgery the perpertrator will be back for more $ at $600+. |
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Wonder if a CCF member went for it? $677 is pretty fair, I had thoughts of it going over $1000. As the seller offered inspection, and the condition's almost UNC, it supports the found in circ. story - and that'd make all the others from that same sheet out there somewhere....I'll be keeping an eye on the feedback the buyer leaves for it. That'll tell the rest of the story.
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Hi guys... yes, these do exist and are considered both rare and error notes. These errors show no intaglio or are missing simultan printing phase. Here are some examples.. A note like the example in question, should be valued approx. if uncirculated, around 1000 - 1200.   |
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Thanks for the feedback folks.
Hi banknotelover,
That is an impressive note! Is that part of your collection?
Pedro
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Posted 08/26/2012 7:31 pm
