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Graeme Valued Member Australia 105 Posts	Posted 10/04/2013 11:13 pm A friend showed me a $50 note with no Edith Cowan name in block letters under the children, he said it was counterfeit although everything else seems fine with the note, ie feel, print etc. I went home and checked my notes and found I had 6 without the name, they vary from Fraser/Evans to MacFarlane/Evans with the full range of prefix's. I really don't believe they are counterfeit(I hope) but has anyone else heard of these different prints? Report this Post to the Staff

The Unicorn Pillar of the Community Australia 750 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 01:03 am Hi Graeme ...... all $50 notes prior to 2003 did not have the name. Notes 2003 and later have the name. Hope this helps. Report this Post to the Staff
Graeme Valued Member Australia 105 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 01:50 am Thanks for that. I have been looking on ebay etc and came up with that conclusion, just something I hadn't heard of before. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 02:13 am Geez hope he's not going to write that off - 50 dollars is quite a bit to just write it off. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 10/05/2013 02:30 am Every now and then the urban myth, that there are counterfeit notes out there that you can spot because they are missing the name under the portrait, appears in the media. No doubt many people have thrown away perfectly good money as a result of such reports. The truth is as was stated above - notes missing the name are simply the older design. 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
DoubleEagle20 Pillar of the Community United States 1748 Posts	Posted 10/31/2013 07:32 am Nope, they are not counterfeit. I have a 50 and few 10's and 20's I saved from a trip to Australia in 2001, along with the centennial 5's. They are are all crisp uncirculated. Worth anything more than face value? Report this Post to the Staff
Fishosiking1 New Member Australia 37 Posts	Posted 10/31/2013 6:12 pm My local veggie grocer has a fake up on the wall and refers to the colouring of the serial numbers. Instead of blue, the top left numbers are closer to green and the black serials ( bottom left) being brown. I wanted to take a photo but I'm sure the police would pounce on me the second I stepped foot outside . Fake or not I would definitely not throw one away Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 10/31/2013 6:46 pm Without seeing the notes themselves in that particular case, I'd be skeptical that they are fake, too, especially if "wrong coloured serial numbers" were the primary means of identifying them as fake. The black ink on polymer notes can turn colour, especially if exposed to odd chemical environments (I've heard that cold-water enzyme-based laundry detergents can turn the black ink greenish). 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
Fishosiking1 New Member Australia 37 Posts	Posted 10/31/2013 11:45 pm The green and brown colours were the only means of identification in that store , I would have no idea on what to look for. Sap you are a wealth of knowledge :) Report this Post to the Staff
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