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 Posted 08/31/2010  01:46 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add yechi7 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
In response to some recent posts I've seen, some recent questions posted & recent info I've discovered, here is presented some info on how to detect fake currency errors:

http://www.oldcurrencyvalues.com/Fa...urrency.html

http://rarecurrencydepot.com/?id=36...logId=143796

http://reviews.ebay.com/HOW-TO-SPOT...000013630593

http://reviews.ebay.com/HOW-TO-SPOT...000013630288

BTW, I'm as gullible as as the next guy. After you read this, you'll think twice before that next purchase. Buyer beware!

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 Posted 08/31/2010  02:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add yechi7 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
An common ebay example of a fake error:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2009-FRN-1-Wron...em3cb046fdd0

The seller includes the disclaimer, "This note is NOT BEP ERROR."

Hoping that you won't know what BEP is or won't care. (BEP is Bureau of Engraving). In other words, he's telling you that it's not a real Mint error.

Also, the Serial number stars with 99.

As stated on a previous link:
The Miscut Note:
This one has been around for a while and is so easy to do that you see them everywhere. The con-artist simply buys a sheet of currency from the BEP for about 40% over the face value of the sheet. He then cuts the sheet so that it appears that there was a tragic cutting error at the BEP. This one is very easy to spot because notes that were once in sheet form have a serial number over 99,000,000.

It's value: Exactly $1. But he get's unsuspecting people to buy it for $18.50 plus $2 shipping.
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Or this one with 2 different Serial numbers!
http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAP...260641098620

Or this one which sold for $39 plus shipping;
http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...260619262494
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