Posted 09/28/2010 5:38 pm
Hi Abe,
I personally don't know enough about the printing of these new type notes to say anything intelligent about it. I find it interesting that all of the green print in on the reverse 'except' the "100" in the lower right corner on the face of the note. This 'may' be normal printing procedure, I don't know.........The fact that you are in Israel would raise the question of its authenticity (to me anyway).
In the late 1970s, the U.S. sold two De La Rue Giori presses to Iran (brilliant move by our government). These Presses are suspected to have been printing the $100 counterfeit 'super hundreds' that are nearly indistinguishable from genuine notes. Since the early 1990s, it is believed that these counterfeits are being printed by Islamic militant groups in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. As a result, any $100 note that surfaces in your part of the world is subject to great scrutiny by the U.S. government.
As a result, I don't know where you might find a U.S. venue to sell such a note as it might be tied up in customs for a great while.
I might suggest that you sell it to whoever told you that it is "worth much money". If it were here in the U.S. and were sold at auction, I would expect it to sell for about $600-$800.
I personally don't know enough about the printing of these new type notes to say anything intelligent about it. I find it interesting that all of the green print in on the reverse 'except' the "100" in the lower right corner on the face of the note. This 'may' be normal printing procedure, I don't know.........The fact that you are in Israel would raise the question of its authenticity (to me anyway).
In the late 1970s, the U.S. sold two De La Rue Giori presses to Iran (brilliant move by our government). These Presses are suspected to have been printing the $100 counterfeit 'super hundreds' that are nearly indistinguishable from genuine notes. Since the early 1990s, it is believed that these counterfeits are being printed by Islamic militant groups in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. As a result, any $100 note that surfaces in your part of the world is subject to great scrutiny by the U.S. government.
As a result, I don't know where you might find a U.S. venue to sell such a note as it might be tied up in customs for a great while.
I might suggest that you sell it to whoever told you that it is "worth much money". If it were here in the U.S. and were sold at auction, I would expect it to sell for about $600-$800.
