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New Member
United States
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Hello, I am not a collector but I came across this $5 bill and as you can see the bottom left corner is a $1 symbol. I did all of the security check and it looks authentic, how do I get this authenticated and what is the process? any help would be appreciated. Sorry I can't figure out how to upload my bill but if there is anyone that has knowledge of misprinted bills I could use any advice. Thank you.   Edited by Rodibran
06/15/2015 9:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
Use the image optimizer to get a smaller size file, then just attach the file into the post.   |
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New Member
 United States
7 Posts |
Thank you, I'm going to try it now.
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New Member
United States
7 Posts |
Thank you Silverstackkid! I posted it.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
I don't see any colored threads in the note. |
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New Member
United States
7 Posts |
It's hard to see, but there are colored threads and the security tape. Someone told me that it could be worth nothing or a Lot of money. Lol. Just wondering what I need to do to get it authenticated and graded. Thank you
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
Looks like it is tilted to the left and newer than the rest of the bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
742 Posts |
Based on the way us paper money is printed this is not a BEP error.
But, if you want to send it for grading I suggest either CGA or Superior. Neither of these have membership fees.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First off, welcome.
I concur that there's no way this is a "misprint" - it's most likely the result of somebody with idle hands just messing around.
Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not an error (I don't think that is even possible) but still an interesting find. Older series too, don't see many of them around anymore.
I would keep it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This could well be counterfeiting practice--non-professionals tend to go for smaller denominations first to test the waters, since $5 and $10 seldom get much scrutiny.
Your bill should have a security strip and microprinting around the portrait. If it does not, your bill is a bleached and reprinted $1.
Or, as Lucky Cuss said, it could have been somebody messing around with an x-acto knife and some glue.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Does your note have "Series 1995" printed on it? I tried to enlarge the pic and that's what it appeared to be. But I have reason to believe that I am wrong about that. |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you everyone for your advice. I really appreciate it. To Buddy - it does say Series 1995. Does that mean anything?
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
Yes, it does. The design of the bill is from the 1928 series.
The word 'Five' appears on the right and left borders and that hasn't been part of the design for a really long time.
The more modern fives have a different design around the rest of the border as well.
So - I cannot begin to imagine how this was done. The BEP uses a plate as part of the printing process and this looks like a combination of plates -- the designs of which were decades apart. It's hard to imagine that it was done at the BEP.
People do collect conterfeits -- so who knows? It's just odd -- a really old design on modern paper.
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New Member
United States
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Buddy-
Wow. You really know a lot about paper money. Thanks for the information. I'm glad I found this forum. I would have spent a lot of money to get it authenticated. #128516;#128516;. Thank you
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Yes, it does. The design of the bill is from the 1928 series.
The word 'Five' appears on the right and left borders and that hasn't been part of the design for a really long time.
So - I cannot begin to imagine how this was done. The BEP uses a plate as part of the printing process and this looks like a combination of plates -- the designs of which were decades apart. It's hard to imagine that it was done at the BEP. buddy what are you talking about? the design of the bill is not from the 1928 series it is from the 1995 series. it looks like a 1995 5 dollar bill with a part of a 1 dollar bill on it. the last year in which they printed 1995 5 dollar bills was 2000 so this was done no less then 15 years ago. . |
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