Opinions On This Confederate $10 Note

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midnightrider New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 05/21/2011 3:57 pm I've wanted to buy a confederate note of some type for a long time, but have avoided it due to the number of fakes out there. Anyways, I made my weekly round to the coin shop I frequent this morning and the guy I deal with had this $10 note. The guy felt confident that it's authentic, and he's never steered me wrong before. It's obvious that the note was scissor cut, and shows no immediate signs (to me at least)of being counterfeit. The thing that concerns me is that there is no serial number, and no signatures. Is this a sign of a phony, or was it just never released for circulation? If it turns out to be fake, it's not a big deal because the dealer will give me my money back (don't find those often) I just want to verify authenticity in case I ever decided to trade/resell it. [URL="http://img192.imageshack.us/i/1132921.jpg/][/URL] [URL="http://img842.imageshack.us/i/1132920.jpg/][/URL] [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/1132922.jpg/][/URL] Report this Post to the Staff

ancientcoinguy Pillar of the Community United States 842 Posts	Posted 05/21/2011 4:36 pm It looks good to me but it is strange not to have ANY ink remaining in the signatures and serial numbers. Do you have a black light? If so, shine it on the note. You should be able to see the lettering then, because iron is luminescent under black light (and ink from this period had iron in it). If nothing appears, I would assume that it is not genuine. However, there could be a minute possibility that it is real and was never issued a number and signed for circulation. Let us know what you find!! Report this Post to the Staff
Las_Vegas_Larry Pillar of the Community United States 817 Posts	Posted 06/07/2011 8:55 pm It was probably never issued. It does look as good or original as a confederate bill can. Report this Post to the Staff
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