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Valued Member
Philippines
107 Posts |
qouted from biokemist6 The US $10,000 note is very rare with an estimated surviving population of about 200, even a poor example would bring over $50,000. The highest note would be a $100,000 gold certificate. None of these have ever existed in private hands, they were produced strictly for transfers between Federal Reserve banks.auctioned here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...photohostingfake? or authentic?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
No doubt about it, a fake. The ink on the reverse is red and yellow, it is supposed to be gold.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
The serial number looks different as well.
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Valued Member
United States
442 Posts |
The note could be real actually. Not in the seller's possesion but real and the picture hijacked from some other site. The back of the note is supposed to be orange but not sure about the serial number. I did see the BEP proof sheet years ago but one look several years ago is rather cloudy in my memory. Now look at the selller's feedback. Sure it's 100% positive. ONLY because seller's can't leave negatives anymore. Were this not the case he would have a feedback of 66% and all as a buyer. Obvious fraud that ebay will do nothing about. |
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Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
I am saying that it is fake for the following reasons: 1. Condition. This is a very rare note and the images show such a 'perfect' state for it. 2. Location. The seller is not in the US and selling a rare item and lives a little too close to the counterfeit capital of the world for me. 3. Rating. Seller has only a rating of a "3", this should be a huge warning on its own. 4. Feedback. There is no more negative feedback allowed and there is a major warning about not receiving payment from this person. 5. Buying habit. Two of the three items bought were US currency books, another red flag. 6. Selling. What else is the person selling or sold in their profile and this person has a ZERO on both items. If you are just starting on ebay you start with lower items and try to get as low as fees as possible and jumping out with a large item is way too risky for a first item. 7. Name. The name itself jumps out for some reason and seems to me as a person that sells for awhile, gets in trouble and then resigns on as another buyer. If it seems too good to be true, it most likely is and this seems to be one of those items. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1. Condition. This is a very rare note and the images show such a 'perfect' state for it.
2. Location. The seller is not in the US and selling a rare item and lives a little too close to the counterfeit capital of the world for me.
Condition is irrelevant- these notes were strictly for transfers between Federal Reserve Banks. They were not handled by the general public and they did not circulate, hence all of the survivors are in nice condition. Also, this is not just a rare item- this is an item that does not exist in private hands. It does not matter if it is the Philippines or the US, any attempted to be sold will be fake. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
I would think any reasonable person would start it off at the equivalent 0f US$ 100,000. The fact that they risk losing $$$ by starting it off at around US$ 11,212 is a big red flag that suggests fake all by itself. I guess I'll have to dig mine out and compare them.....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
You'd think for such a heavy hitter, the note would at least be certified... Just did some search on the net and confirmed that these are counterfeits involved in some treasure hunting scam in the Philippines. These should be reported to the Secret Service. Here is another scam involving US currency in the Philippines. http://www.time.com/time/business/a...0595,00.htmlEdited by 1sikevo
08/13/2008 4:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
671 Posts |
$100 for Local Pickup?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
671 Posts |
Oops, just realized that was in Philippine Pesos...  But still, $2.00 for pickup? Strange. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
even if it was real, it would mean it was stolen since the only ones still in existance are in government hands. Secret Service anyone
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
im going to report this to the secret service
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
i tried calling their field office no one picked up, so I sent them an email
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
This should end any question about the note's authenticity. Quote:Thanks for the e-mail. I'm attaching a link to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing which explains the various US dollar denominations. http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/...ons.shtml#q2 As you will see from the above link the $100,000 note was never in circulation to the general public, it was only used between the Reserve Banks. In addition all $100,000 notes have been accounted for. Robert Amenta Special Investigator Federal Reserve Bank of New York Edited by 1sikevo
08/13/2008 7:04 pm
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Valued Member
 Philippines
107 Posts |
i don't know if this is the person who came to me a while back but if he's not wowowee!! the two $100,000 gold dollar certificate can be found in the Philippines |
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
wow, well I think ebay would have a trace of the IP Address of the user who posted that auction up... I couldnt imagine that they wouldn't trace ip's of their users  |
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Posted 08/13/2008 11:51 am
