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Bedrock of the Community
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Don't know other than it appears to be post-BEP ink.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Somebody stamped the bill, probably a bank or currency exchange.
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I agree. It looks like a stamp.
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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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Chop mark or counter stamped? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A chopmark?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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cashbound - Thanks for that link, very informative. Don't deal in contemporary notes and had not heard that term applied to PM.
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Bedrock of the Community
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And by the way -  Especially to the Paper Money Forum! |
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Unlike earlier silver coins, paper money rarely manages to acquire more than one or two such "chop marks". That's because marking bills in this fashion is usually frowned upon by the issuing country: in America, such marks are considered sufficient to render the note unfit for reissue, so once the note makes its way back into the US banking system, it would most likely be withdrawn and destroyed.
It is technically illegal in America for an organization to place such stamps on American notes. These marks are applied by overseas money exchangers (mostly in Asia), so American law does not apply to them.
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
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting. I had not heard of chopmarks on paper money either. Cool!
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Learned something new today.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks, Sap. |
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This site always teaches me something! Thanks for the link!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For some reason I feel that this mark was stamped in the United States. Strange!
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