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Series 2009A. $100 Bill Unusual Star, What Is This?

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This is not a star. Why do you think it is ususual? Please be specific.



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Welcome to CCF.
It's faint and most likely a Chopmark.
Read all about it here - https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n07a21.html
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It also has some writing and another stamp on the top corner. As it is it's a face value note and nothing more.
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Have to agree, just a spender,
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Yep, the little black star is a moneychanger's stamp, or "chopmark", applied by moneychangers (mostly in Asia) to indicate that a note they have handled is in their opinion authentic. Not applied when the note was printed and therefore not an error.
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I know it's hard to see from the picture but the star is right by the series 2009A and to the left of the 100. If I could get a solid picture to show the very fine details of it. You'd be able to see that the star is underneath the tip of the 1 of the 100 and it's underneath the text that goes across the bill. Can't remember exactly what that text says but it's very tiny lettering all over those 100's
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It only looks like it's "underneath" the other printing because the water-soluble ink on these stamps the moneychangers use does not stick to the glossy, sparkly banknote ink, only the relatively clear paper, so the stamp only appears in places where that ink isn't. But it is, nevertheless, a moneychanger's stamp and not something applied when the note was printed. 100% guarantee it.

You can go down to Office Depot, buy yourself one of those little self-inking stamps, and make your own chopmarked notes. They would look pretty much the same as this. I wouldn't actually recommend doing this though, since deliberately defacing a Federal Reserve note is borderline illegal in the US (but it's not illegal overseas, which is why the foreign moneychangers have no problem doing it).
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I Can't remember exactly what that text says but it's very tiny lettering all over those 100's

They call that "Microprinting". It's one of the many security features.
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