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I know it is nothing special, but I thought I would share since it is the fist star note I have seen in years. It is a 2004 series $20 FRN. It is not crispy new, so the best thing I can say about it is the serial number: EC 01238647 *Almost sequential non-repeater. Oh well.  If anyone really cares, I will scan it and post a picture.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We all care.....so wheres the pic?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Let me see if the wife will let me play with her Canon.  If not, I will scan it in at work tomorrow. |
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United States
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Excuse the monochrome image. You have to love those scanners that know when you are trying to scan in a Federal Reserve Note!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2669 Posts |
Is that a feature? Nice note! Thanks for putting the pic up |
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United States
188105 Posts |
Actually, it is; and today I tested it extensively!  It actually removes the "green" from the picture, giving it a magenta tint. I just converted it to sepia and called it good.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Who needs one armed bandits when you've got an ATM...your 20$ star note is easily worth 2X face. congrats!!
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United States
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Seriously?  Time to do some research!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why do some of the notes have the edge colored like the upper right one on the 20? None of the notes of the countries I have visited or lived in has this kind of mark. Is it for counting or something?
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United States
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I was curious about that as well. It was one of the reasons why I thought the note would only be worth face value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could the mark be from an ink bomb. Lots of banks getting robbed. I have 3 bills in my pocket that have ink marks along the edges at different locations and amounts. Just a thought. I really have no clue.
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United States
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Could the mark be from an ink bomb. That is an interesting idea, but I thought that the dye pack was to prevent use of the notes, that they always used red ink, and that all recovered notes were destroyed. I suppose it possible that some of the "less tainted" notes are returned to circulation. Who knows? Anyone? Quote:
I have 3 bills in my pocket that have ink marks along the edges at different locations and amounts. While searching online for pricing ideas, I see some FRN images that have stains similar to mine. Whatever it is, it seems common enough. |
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United States
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jbuck,
I got a $20 star note in change from a Pizza joint last week and 3 other star notes this week. I have hit a big run of them lately. That makes 7 in about 3 weeks.
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United States
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That's pretty cool!  I am not a note collector, but I look at them just in case. I usually do not see much of anything and when I do it is usually rather worn. This $20 is not perfectly crisp, but at least it has no folds in it. I am going to keep this one for a while and see what happens. |
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United States
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That black mark is nothing more than magic marker. In a former line of work, I used to count cash by the thousands and I'd mark a stack aafter I straped it with a black permanent marker to keep track of the count. What you see is some of the bleeding as the ink soaks into the paper. If you look on the third side of the bill, you will see black.
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Posted 10/27/2008 7:06 pm
