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Valued Member
Guatemala
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Nickleman,
Again, I'm only guessing, but since the intaglio process involves high pressure, if they don't change the felt very often, which I doubt they do, it does stand to reason that you "could" have the impression from the plate pressed into the felt. If the pressure is sufficient, and I have no reason to think it isn't, that impression could indeed be quite sharp. Another possible explanation would be the plate was inked, and all excess ink wasn't wiped off the plate. I think this is less likely, because you can see a definite 'fabric' grill pattern in the piece.
I do think that we can all agree that by it's very nature, the intaglio process involves extremely high pressure.
And, I certainly don't claim to be anywhere near right on this one. I'm just looking at a picture like everyone else, and trying to get from A to Z.... Where I'm usually very critical of an object, and start out thinking that it's not real, there's something about this particular piece that feels 'right', if that makes any sense. One particular detail someone trying to fake this as an error would not have thought of is the two blank areas. There's a reason those are on a plate, that I won't get into that on here, and they are entirely appropriate to the design of the bill.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is a very interesting note, if it were mine I would send it in to a grading service for authentication and then see what they determine it to be.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Btw if no one has said it, the two bars are the places for infrared printing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Now that is very interesting.
I went back and compared and yes that is the exact location of the "mystery" bars.
Edited by Nickelman
02/06/2011 01:24 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent wd.... I imagine that this is some sort of security device? This adds a great deal of credibility for the authenticity of the note (in my opinion).
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
Guatemala
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In the corner store by my house, there's an ATM machine that gives out $1's as well as 5's, 10's & 20's. I haven't managed to figure that one out yet, unless they just want to make sure they wipe out someone's bank account. I certainly wouldn't touch that machine!
I've seen ATM's that give out different currencies, like Dollars and Pesos, but never before an ATM that spits out $1 bills.
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New Member
 Netherlands
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Actually those ATM's do exist. At Amsterdam Schiphol Airport they installed a few years ago 2 so called US Dollar ATM's operated by ABN AMRO bank. These are special ATM's where you can only withdraw US dollars (in contrary to the standard EU ATM‘s that are located all over the airport where you can only withdraw Euro‘s). Unlike the US ATM's, the Schiphol US Dollar ATM's also give 50's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is definitely not a test note, nor does it even remotely resemble one.... Refer to page 428 - "US error note encyclopedia" 2nd edition - By Stephen M Sullivan |
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Pillar of the Community
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You are free to believe whoever and whatever you wish to, (as am I).
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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I know what it is...
It is the chablon roller on 3 color selective inking on the Giori I-12
The pattern is magnetic for it is distiguishing the denomination...you can see where the inking of the chablon was literally ripped off the roller leaving the ink.
As the press sensed there was a problem on one of the rollers, between the plate and impression, the nip point was "off impression" just prior to the nip point yet just enough to leave the ink and just enough to come "off impression" of the wiping unit. So the bill and possibly many of them went through the press but this particular bill was not caught in COPE. How do I know? Guess
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Educated guesses:
Offset error, caused when paper doesn't feed and ink gets on the opposing backing.
Stripes are from feed rollers, which picked up ink from the pass.
Unprinted areas are for watermarks.
Look for other notes with serial numbers 5000 apart from this.
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Valued Member
Guatemala
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I suspect Harriet is right on this one. My guess is she doesn't just spend $50 bills... She probably makes them too, in a professional capacity...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How do I know? Guess Trust me you don't want me to guess. My guesses usually end with alien abductions and such... Edited by Nickelman
02/17/2011 08:00 am
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