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Posted 10/07/2012 3:19 pm
@Nickelman, I am not familiar with the newer counterfeit notes post 1990 when the BEP added extra security to the notes... I remember when they first added the strip, it was really easy to remove them, and at the time I must have removed a few dozen and started a collection of security strips that I sold with my currency collection when I moved into errors... On your note above, I assume the watermark is of lincoln and not Franklin... In my earlier post I mentioned the "touch" test that was common when I was collecting, and am curious if the 100 Dollar overprint was printed on a intaglio press with a engraved 100 Dollar plate, or is the ink overprinted on the note flat...
If it was printed with the raised ink, and had crossed my path, I would have not believed it to be counterfeit, and with the Lincoln Watermark and Security Strip, my first thought would have been that it was printed on wrong stock and a genuine error.
This is scary now that I'm aware of just how decieving counterfeiting has become...
If it was printed with the raised ink, and had crossed my path, I would have not believed it to be counterfeit, and with the Lincoln Watermark and Security Strip, my first thought would have been that it was printed on wrong stock and a genuine error.
This is scary now that I'm aware of just how decieving counterfeiting has become...
