Opinions On An "error" $5 Bank Note

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gweidion Valued Member Australia 134 Posts	Posted 07/15/2013 9:50 pm I'm keen to see what the experts here think of this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/27123819236...ht_737wt_962 apart from the terrible quality photos. Is this an acetone job? Report this Post to the Staff

Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 07/16/2013 05:24 am A fingernail job I'd say, but I don't think it's a genuine error. Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff Pillar of the Community Australia 877 Posts	Posted 07/16/2013 06:11 am It is definitely worth $5 and any bank will give you that for it and put it into their "mutes" bundle. Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 07/16/2013 08:02 am From that seller, you can bet it's a faked 'error'. The poor sucker that wins it will lose all but $5 on it. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
gweidion Valued Member Australia 134 Posts	Posted 07/17/2013 08:14 am Some poor sod paid $410 plus postage for this fraud and the same seller has another dodgy note up for sale. A shame ebay won't do anything about it. Report this Post to the Staff
Craig Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 07/17/2013 7:52 pm How can you tell if its a fake error? What are the tell tale signs on the note? does it degrade the polymer also? Report this Post to the Staff
jamessmith New Member Australia 17 Posts	Posted 07/17/2013 8:04 pm Catch 22, tell how to pick them and the shonk will work out a better forgery that is harder to pick! Try find a person who was at high school when poymer came in. Lots of kids were doing these conversions. They might tell you how they done it. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 07/19/2013 8:39 pm Quote: How can you tell if its a fake error? What are the tell tale signs on the note? does it degrade the polymer also? The fact that the rest of the black ink isn't missing. Design will be missing if the ink runs out (and it won't run out in just the middle of the note) or if something else is sitting on top of the note (and it's very very unlikely that there'll be a scrap of something exactly the same shape as the Queen's head land on that note during production). You can also see trace of the black ink left too, and what's there isn't consistent with a printer running dry. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 07/19/2013 11:11 pm Yep, all the black ink is applied in one pass through the printer, except I believe for the signatures. The probability of the black ink "just happening" to run out exactly where the portrait is, and nowhere else, is extremely remote. Occams Razor says it's bogus. And not necessarily a fake error note maker. It could simply be an anti-monarchist stating their case. The $5 denomination certainly seems to suffer more from "missing portrait syndrome" than the other denominations which don't show Her Majesty. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 07/19/2013 11:18 pm Quote: And not necessarily a fake error note maker The seller of this particular note has previously sold 3 other similar $5 notes, so it's my guess that he is the maker. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
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Opinions On An "Error" $5 Bank Note