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Welcome to CCF.
The series date is engraved into the plate, and there's no way "1935" was engraved into the plate. It's either been altered or the notes are not genuine.
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An engraving error of this magnitude, going unnoticed for almost 50 years, would shake the foundations of the tight knit currency collecting community. I agree with Steve in that in that it is either altered or completely fake. If YOU think it's the real deal then the currency grading services is your next avenue to explore. 'Till one of these shows up in a TPG holder as the real deal and an article shows up in a main stream numismatic or currency publication I'm gonna be sitting on the sidelines. |
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The fact that they appeared in Italy does not bode well for their authenticity.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I can truly not see or feel any difference with other 2 $ bills.
I also compared the colors with 1 $ bills and I can't notice differences.
Plus I took them to Bank of America, not mentioning the issue to them, just asking if they were good or not and was told they're fine
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02/06/2023 4:56 pm
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This certainly is interesting.  |
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Very interesting indeed! |
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wow, those B of A bank people you mention do sound inept
be aware that if you submit those notes to a grader, the potential exists they will be confiscated as counterfeits
it seems unlikely but maybe more such 1935 $2 notes will turn up, until then if you want us to study your examples more closely, you'll need to look into how to compress high resolution jpg images to fit within 300k, it can be done, as you can see for yourself by notes other people post
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I see that regular 1976-series $2 notes are listed in the Friedberg catalogue as "FR# 1935". I am wondering if some counterfeiter got confused on looking at ebay sales etc, and thought the catalogue number was the series date. 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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Now that ^^^^^is an interesting thought.
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Sap, Excellent Finding.......
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This will tell you all you need to know. Examine the 3.  Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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It has a flat top.
Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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It does, and I just checked other 1935 or 1953 series bills and they have a rounded top.
So does that mean it's fake? it's so weird though because the paper itself is not any different than regular bills, and I can clearly feel there's some raising touching the Federal reserve note part,
why would anyone change the series year in a fake bill?
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