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Hi all, I was on vacation and received several $100 dollar bills before leaving. I was bored and flipping through them and came across one that was not the same as the others because Franklin had a line down his chin. I asked around at different forums and one person responded that it is a teller stamp. Te problem is, I don't know what that is and cannot find an explanation that explains why it is obviously printed as part of the bill on this note, but not others. I have attached two images that hopefully show it better than I am explaining it. I would love your opinion or explanation and apologize for being so ignorant. Google kind of failed me on this and the gentleman who said it was a teller stamp was quite rude so I am wondering what I am missing. Thanks for any help! Kelly   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bank tellers will sometimes use a date stamp on a deposit (or withdrawal) receipt to note when a deposit/withdrawal was made. If the bill was around the deposit/withdrawal slip it might have got "hit" with the rubber date stamp and the impression ended up on the bill.
The teller stamp usually has the the name of the banking institution along with the month/day/year on it.
The teller stamp was applied at the bank and was not part of the BEP printing process... It is not an error.
On your bill you can see more of the teller stamp below Franklin's portrait. With a magnifying glass you may be able to make out some of the other details about where and when the date stamp was applied.
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That is wild! I don't see the other part of the stamp, but I will certainly look. It seems wild that it is right in the middle of his face AND the colors seem to match AND I see no other proof...how do you see all of that? I need to learn more about this collecting thing. :)
Kelly
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Above the word "Franklin" you can see some black lines that are not part of the bill printing. The line runs right, away from the word "Franklin". You can see two parallel lines that branch off towards the top of the bill One of those lines extends through the middle of Franklin's portrait. Most likely, that is the top left portion of the teller's rubber stamp.
Believe me, when you look at thousands of bills you will run across plenty of them that have been rubber stamped by some bank teller somewhere. Sometimes the impressions are weak (like yours), sometimes they are full and strong. In the old days a lot of the teller stamps were purple. Most all of them seen today are in black ink as it photocopies a lot better than colored.inks.
(And a big "welcome" to the CCF forums!)
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Thank you for the welcome and awesome information. It is so interesting to learn how well trained your eyes at seeing things that to me, look like a print fo some kind. Again, Thank you and I am going to start looking for these things.
Kelly :)
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 Angryduck! You've come to the right place to learn more about coins and currency at CCF! Glad to have you here and thanks for sharing all of us learn through contributions like this, it brings out experts here on CCF then we all get to learn something, even those of us that have been in the hobby for decades. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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