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New Member
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i was almost arrested for passing counterfeit money at a festival this past weekend. the 1993 50 dollar bill I have was certified by the police to be authentic and real.
now what do I do with it? does anyone know its value?
thank you so much
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Need to see some good pictures of it to determine any kind of value.
It always cracks me up when people say what you just did. I'm referring to the part about an error/silver certificate/US note whatever being thought to be counterfeits. If someone wants to pass funny money you try to make it look identical to the real thing, not make it stand out like a sore thumb.
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Pillar of the Community
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the 1993 50 dollar bill I have was certified by the police to be authentic and real. Interesting..... I believe that the earliest TPGs started out with basic authentication services as well..... were the cops able to grade the note also?  |
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Interesting..... I believe that the earliest TPGs started out with basic authentication services as well..... were the cops able to grade the note also? I think the grading by cops applies to those that are not authentic  Edited by Fuzzy317
05/05/2011 03:32 am
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United States
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 to CCF Linda.A scan or a photo would help alot. If it is miscut enough and it sounds like it is it would have a premium. You could sell it on e-Bay. John1  |
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 Welcome to CCF. I've only been here a couple of weeks and already consider the people on here to be some of the best there are. Glad to hear the police had enough sense to be able to tell it was real! Imagine if they had the same mindset as the ones who said it was counterfeit - ouch!  |
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 United States
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ok... I am having trouble uploading the photos from my files. and the police took the bill for 2 days,, what they did , I dont know other than it was very obvious the stripe was visible when holding it up to light.. I think they were just showing their " so called" authority in front of a crowd...very embarrasing 40 minutes and there were about 6 officers .... it was a bad experience . even handcuffed my 36 yr old son that was with me. no arrest were made just took the bill and told me they would call me if it was a legal bill ..they did,,, I picked it up at property room of station.
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Pillar of the Community
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Series 1996 $50 notes were not released into circulation until October 1997..... prior to that, this 1993 $50 note was the most current and newest $50 note available to the public, and remained in widespread circulation for several years afterward.
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05/05/2011 3:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Zee I think the confusion was probably from the fact that the note is an error note, or so I gather from the "miscut" part of the thread title. That's what I was making reference to in my first post about how people think an error is a counterfeit simply because it looks different.
lindantexas I would still love to see the note posted here. Usually the problem is the size of the file. If you can resize it to around 80k or so it will probably upload.
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DOH!......... Yes, you are correct..... disregard everything I previously said.
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United States
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I'd like to see the bill too... Try using http://www.postimage.org/ to upload the image, it's free and easy and you don't have to make an account if you don't want. |
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United States
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Thanks for the image link!
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Valued Member
United States
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Love To See Picture Sorry For Your Miss Hap But It Looks Like You Where About To Spend It So Maybe For The Best Now You Still Have It Boatman  |
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Rest in Peace
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the 1993 50 dollar bill I have was certified by the police to be authentic and real.
Most police know less about how to tell if a bill is genuine than the man on the street. I've seen more than one case where they lowered/ruined collector value of a note by doing something stupid to "test" it. If it took them two days, it's prolly because that's how long it took them to find an FBI agent with some knowledge. Hoping you can post an image, so we can see the miscut part. |
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I'm not trying to start any trouble and I know I shouldn't post this but I do want to comment on this thread. Police, Law Enforcement are trained to look for certain characteristics when it comes to possible counterfeit currency. Some thing tells me there is more to this story.
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Posted 05/05/2011 03:15 am
