Appears To Be Real -1840 $1000 Uncanceled US Note

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joe finds Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 02:40 am the names and writing are not printed. The paper is the right texture and thickness. any help on this? This 70 year old man brought this to sell me today. He claims he found it in an old home's attic back in 60 or 62'. He could'nt remember which year. Got it for a song . Real or not. . .Real? Or not? Report this Post to the Staff

ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 03:10 am I am by no means an expert on paper money...but after a quick search I found this with the exact same serial #. I'm guessing repo! http://www.justanswer.com/questions...-ser-no-8894 Report this Post to the Staff
hc8604 Valued Member United States 303 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 12:15 pm Most likely a reproduction. There is a website.. I can't remember the URL, but it has a bunch of these old type notes and it lists the real ones and the copies. The best way to tell is the ink and printing on the money. If both matches then copy. Not sure if that is the right way to tell.. I don't think you can redeem notes as the Bank of the US no longer exists? Edited by hc8604 11/02/2009 12:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 12:34 pm Outward fake, reprinted several times... Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 11/02/2009 12:44 pm If anything, the find story should raise flags. $1000 was a very large sum in the mid 19th C., and such a note would never be in the public's hands--that would be for interbank transfers, right? And nobody would hide away such a note. After all...in 1840, that $1000 would purchase a nice home. Nowadays, "attic finds" are a common method to add history to an otherwise questionable item. Report this Post to the Staff
clembo Valued Member United States 442 Posts	Posted 11/07/2009 6:35 pm "The paper is the right texture and thickness." The right texture and thickness for what? A modern note? The paper I've handled from that period tends to be quite thin and delicate. The paper pictured looks a lot more like the replica Confederate paper money I see so often. Methinks you have a genuine fake there. Report this Post to the Staff
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