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While dumping roll hunting half dollars I try to get large bills to make it easier on the tellers at the pickup banks. For some reason almost all of the bills I get back have red or blue or green or black in small ink stamps of objects or numbers. I asked a tell once and she didn't have a clue what they meant or who did them. My guess is either banks doing it on the bottom note of a stack in case of theft, DEA or police doing it to track money used in drug deals (however given the large number and many different stamps I don't know and from watching COPS episodes they log the serial numbers anyways), or ? Here are the 2 from this week. The first bill seems to have been hit a few times with a fire engine, a carriage, a number and a robot head? The other one has what appears to be a harp.     |
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United States
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I don't think the bank does that maybe gangs how they track there money
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United States
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No clue what they are, but I frequently find them
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New Member
United States
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Maybe you will have to go undercover to find your answer. Afterall who will be willing to admit defacing US curency.
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United States
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Made me think of the "Where's George" stuff, but obviously not that.
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United States
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They are similar to chopmarks on Trade dollars. They are applied by merchants to attest to the genuineness of the note. |
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United States
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I have always heard them actually referred to as chop marks. I am under the impression that they are used mostly overseas by banks and merchants to show authenticity. You rarely see them on denominations besides $100s. They are neat to see, but not collectible.
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Given the crispness of all of the marked bills I have come across I don't think any of them have spent any time overseas.
My money is still on marked DEA or homeland security bills.
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Is it just me or in my last pic does it look like a wet ink transfer from a 20 over the 100 which should bot occur naturally at the BEP? Maybe the stamps now mean counterfeit and not genuine? |
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United States
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I have a number of $100 USD bills with different stamps on the back, not like what was posted earlier. I tried to buy something in Uruguay with one bill with a stamp and they refused it. They do not understand the reason, just think any $100 USD bill marked, torn or taped bills are not acceptable. I got one from the government owned bank in Uruguay and they tell me I can return the $100 and get a discount. What? They put the bills in the ATM machines then when you cannot use them for purchases, they will pay you a smaller sum. How can this be legal? Just a scam by the banks?
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United States
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I love finding these, found some on a 2013 $20 bill today, Another common mark we can find is when they take a stack of bills and run a magic marker, or wet market down one corner, this one also has red edge along the bottom left.
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The purple stamp on the far left is an Arabic name, "Khalid". Presumably originating from a middle-eastern moneychanger.
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Posted 05/06/2013 01:01 am
