Genuine strike through, as for what I'm not certain but it does look like a frayed piece of wire with a partial sheath around the base, something similar to this.

Or like the end of a shoe lace, or string similar sorts, again not saying that is what your dollar was struck through, just giving general ideas as to what the object possibly looks like.
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