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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hi all I am new to this forum. My wife is French and yesterday we visited her 87yr old Grandfather in Paris. He gave us three seemingly un-used $100 bills, that he had from his trip to the USA 20'ish years ago. I just tried to exchange them for £'s in my local HSBC bank in England, and was told they seem fake due to the fact there are no watermarks or metallic strips in the notes!! They would have been purchased from a reputable exchange in either France or the USA. I'm slightly worried so I thought I'd check out on here if there is anything I should look out for, or indeed worry about as I don't want to appear to be trying to offload fake money! I will visit a USA bank branch on Thursday and exchange there if these notes seem ok. There are a few fine pink and blue fibers flecked throughout the notes within the paper. I've scanned all three bills and attached them below. Any help would be great, thanks. For ref:- B48400585A AND B48400586A have a small E1 top left and are Series 1988 B62826095A has a small E3 top left and is a Series 1985  |
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Moderator
 United States
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I just tried to exchange them for £'s in my local HSBC bank in England, and was told they seem fake due to the fact there are no watermarks or metallic strips in the notes!! I don't think the notes had water marks or the strip at that time.I am no pro and I know that there are a lot of fakes out there but these looks legit to me. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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John1 is correct - no metallic stripes or watermarks for those years. This was before they had introduced those devices into US money.
BTW, I am not a bill collector, but know this b/c I was around back then and before!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Back in my currency collecting days (before switching over to errors), and before the new security notes (around 1990), was informed that there was more U.S.A. Currency located outside the US as many Countries preferred the Dollar to their homeland currency.
To confirm if genuine, first look very closely at the paper for red and blue silk fibers, and secondly, place the back side of the note on your thumb and with your index finger, lightly slide your fingernail on the lower left side of the Franklin portrait. If genuine, you can feel the raised ink from the intaglio press...
There are times when I mention this, comments are that some home printers can also do this (raised print) and just ignore their comments...
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Hi Broken-Coin, thanks for the info - there are red and blue silk fibers and the portrait has raised ink.
To be honest, I have no reason to suspect they are fake, apart from the silly banks over here in the UK telling me they must be!
Thanks for the other responses too, very helpful. I'll try and pop-in to a USA bank in London
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Valued Member
United States
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They appear to be real as noted above. The fact that you have 2 sequential indicates real to me. Fakes are usually the same serial number. The serial numbers are valid for the series they represent according to the BEP reports and reference books.
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Pillar of the Community
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the security strip was first added for the 1993 series $100 and water marks were not added until the 1996 series $100 but it would not matter as the 1996 series is the first big headed series. the only way to tell is by using a Counterfeit Detection pen. if you use the pen and the mark stays light it is real if it turns brown/black it is a fake. the mark will be gone in a few days. |
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United States
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And if ChCU CoinWorld shows retail at $175, not that you'd get that much. |
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