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New Member
 United States
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Currency grading services might be an option to explore,
I'm in the Los Angeles area, is there a specific place you might know of I could take it to? thanks
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My thought the bill my not be fake BUT the date has been changed, it was 1975 and the 7 change to a 3 , just someone trying to get more money.
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New Member
United States
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But in 1975 there were no 2 $ bills ok this kind as far as I know, didn't they bring them back in 1976?
My initial thought was that it might have been a 1995 series and they chanced the 9 with a 3, but the signatures don't match because in 1995 they were different and this bill has the 1976 signatures.
I remember when I took it to Bank of America, the teller touched it a few times and said it was genuine, I also asked if they could use the money counting machine and it detected a 2 $ bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also asked if they could use the money counting machine and it detected a 2 $ bill Are you saying that the counting machine detected these notes with the 1935 series date as counterfeit ? |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Send it in for authentication and end this guessing game.
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New Member
United States
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Any idea where in the Los Angeles area?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm guessing there are brick & mortar coin shops in a city that large. Google "coin store near me" and call them for their charges to add your note(s) to their next submission.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The website pmgnotes.com will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about finding a submission dealer in your state, or about submitting the notes yourself.
Quit beating a dead horse and get it done.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are altered 1976 notes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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one of the notes shows a smudge in the year area, which could be a leftover of modification
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Valued Member
United States
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No matter what, even if it is confirmed as altered, there will still be a huge part of the story missing. I'm trying to think of the journey of physical $2 bill itself. --Before you, it was in some bank in Italy. But where was it before that? --How did it get into that specific bank, and why would a bank in Italy carry any US $2 in the first place? --Did all Italian banks routinely carry US$2 back then or randomly just this bank? --If someone walked into the bank before you and deposited them, why would someone who has made what seems to me to be a high quality fake ever release it into circulation for $2 rather than try to sell it on ebay for $1000? --How did it get mixed in with your other $2, and are the other 1976 bills from the same federal reserve and batch? Like everyone else I'm waiting to see the outcome from having it validated, but we'll probably never know the whole curious story ! Edited by TheSerialFlorist
02/10/2023 1:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's an altered note. Worth $2, any notes pre 1976 didn't have the reverse shown or green seals. If you look carefully you can see the 1935 is different in each note, the top 1 the 3 is larger than the 9, while on the 2nd, you see a smaller 3. Some erased part of 76 and changed to 35, you can even see the erase/ink smudge. If you think it's real get it certified and you'll have a note worth $2 that you paid $35+ for.
Good luck.
Edited by hfjacinto
02/10/2023 1:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Btw you can get US notes on most banks in Europe, lots of Americans travel to Europe it's really easy to get US Notes in Europe.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Speaking of strange, this is surely one of the strangest threads I've every read.  |
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