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Valued Member
United States
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hey, I came across an ad from a fellow offering an 1864 confederate $100 note he is also offering two 1944 wwII japanese invasion notes (i do not know what those are) anyway I emailed him and he said he would take $150 for the 3. I am only interested in the confederate note so I offered him $80 which to me is a deal. now to my question. being a private seller I'm concerned about authenticity. he claims the note belonged to his wives father before he passed away and that if it were counterfeit (they would have done a very good job). how can I tell or be sure it is the real deal before dropping $80. anything to look for? thank you
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
JIM is basically worthless, unless it's the $1000 pesos one... and I think one more. Anyways, no JIM should be worth more than $7, and if you just want the confederate note, just offering him $80 for that one.
Also, you need to check its authenticity by meeting with him. There are way way way too many c-feit confed notes.
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Valued Member
 United States
74 Posts |
yeah I plan on examining the note in person before purchase. but that is useless because I know nothing about paper money or c-feit notes. what should I do?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
erm... as for the JIM, there probably wouldn't be any fakes since they were printed out of existence to undermine the economies of the invaded territories. Plus, most of the people in the occupied territories refused to use them. As for the confederate notes, I know that the US government itself printed fakes to flood the south, but here's a guide anyways. http://reviews.ebay.com/How-to-tell...000002950014 |
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Valued Member
United States
74 Posts |
thank you. I have no interest in the JIM real or fake. I will read this and try to make my best judgement.
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Moderator
 Australia
16829 Posts |
Find out the serial number for your note, then look up the ebay Guide wd1040 posted, or this site (both were made by the same person) and see if your serial number is one of the ones listed for that denomination and year. 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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Valued Member
United States
74 Posts |
asked for a serial # and got no reply. hmmm
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Here are images of an 1864 $100 CSA note from my collection. I would grade this at VF condition and Krause lists it as P#71 with a value of $80. Unless the note is in VF or higher condition $80 might be a bit high. Also the serial numbers on this series were stamped not written. On the Japanese notes, unless they are of a high value I wouldn't pay more than $7 in CU condition.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
echizento, how is the paper and printing quality on the Confederate notes?
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Paper quality is very good, there is some fading in the color and ink on the signatures otherwise the portraits are very clear with excellent detail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
But is the paper like the rag we have today or is it like... paper? And I see that the bottom is uneven. Were they seriously cut by hand?
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Moderator
United States
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I really don't know much about paper types, it's not rage but a finer thinner type of paper. Very transparent when held up the light. Yes it was cut by hand, whoever was cutting that day was off the mark.
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Valued Member
United States
295 Posts |
that's a great looking note
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Posted 04/18/2009 10:10 pm
