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Edited by twohawks
09/17/2011 7:28 pm
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I think it was bleached. John1  |
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All US Fed Notes are cotton... How would you only bleach 1 side? I have seen bleached notes that people have tried to "Clean" the "paper" turns an UN-natural white to off white. And this one is not. I was thinking a Sun fade, but there are a few Hawaii notes that had funky ink and I was wondering if this could be the case.
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Unfortunately not. I don't remember the process, but it's not "bleached". There is a chemical applied to the surface of the note that will change the color of the ink. It's often done with $2 red seals to change the seal color to a yellow/orange. Those pop up on ebay with annoying frequency. I imagine a bit of a web search would unveil the method. Steve |
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This note came out of a box that was very much dust covered out of an estate. And they where not the E-bay buying type. That being said I would not be shocked if it where an altered note. I plan on running to Harry Jones he is a note guy close by and have him look at it.
Thanks for the look everyone!
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but there are a few Hawaii notes that had funky ink and I was wondering if this could be the case
The Hawaii notes had a brown seal and serials while the North Africa notes had a yellow seal only. However, that color was a bright yellow but this color is more orangish. |
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let us know what the verdict is...curious cal
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Some claim a washing machine trip will do this, but if common cleaning agents were the culprit, we'd see a lot more of them.
I spilled some stuff on a chemistry workbook and let it dry. Every time I'd write across that part of the page, red ink turned yellow, blue turned green, and black went to brown.
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It doesn't look bleached, it looks almost like some other chemical or possible just the sun.
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That's what I was going to say. You know those Dollar bills that get hung in restaurants, the "First Dollar" or whatever... could it be one of these? The sun is the only force I can see bleaching just one side.
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you are right about that joshkellogg but the bleaching would be done to the side getting hit by the sun. although since the back of this note is in question it begs the question why would you put the first dollar you made in backwards like you are ashamed of it?
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Wouldn't that be an odd color for green ink to fade to? Any chemists here?
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Posted 09/17/2011 8:07 pm
