Does anyone believe this is real?

Lostintranslation

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Steve_in_Tampa

My dad would call something like this a “nothing” burger.
It appears to be a security thread in the vague shape of a “6” next to the back plate number. It’s not an error, just kinda unusual.

Ted 1

@Steve_in_Tampa said:
My dad would call something like this a “nothing” burger.
It appears to be a security thread in the vague shape of a “6” next to the back plate number. It’s not an error, just kinda unusual.

Trouble is, all the YouTube videos telling everyone to check all their pocket change & wallets has led wayyy too many newbies to think they have something of high value. "Trinary", "rare misprint" etc etc

Serial_no_8

The increased publicity to our hobby from Social Media has been a real double-edge sword (both good & bad). The "instant millionaire if you find this penny" videos first appeared on YT & then the same phenomenon infiltrated our banknote hobby (too fast for comfort). It percolated to so many other SM platforms (Reddit, IG, FB, etc) & then, of course, the marketplace.

There used to be this "faux error" teller's ink smudge on a Canadian BIRDS Series $50 (over PM King's forehead) listed online as a "super rare birthmark ink spot error" for about $2000. The note was VF at best & clearly as much a product of the seller's imagination as anything. It was re-listed on the most popular online marketplace for about a decade but I don't see it anymore. Makes me wonder if it was just a sensational method to draw new collectors' attention to the seller's items (albeit a shady means to an even shadier end).

Ted 1

@Serial_no_8 said:
The increased publicity to our hobby from Social Media has been a real double-edge sword (both good & bad). The "instant millionaire if you find this penny" videos first appeared on YT & then the same phenomenon infiltrated our banknote hobby (too fast for comfort). It percolated to so many other SM platforms (Reddit, IG, FB, etc) & then, of course, the marketplace.

There used to be this "faux error" teller's ink smudge on a Canadian BIRDS Series $50 (over PM King's forehead) listed online as a "super rare birthmark ink spot error" for about $2000. The note was VF at best & clearly as much a product of the seller's imagination as anything. It was re-listed on the most popular online marketplace for about a decade but I don't see it anymore. Makes me wonder if it was just a sensational method to draw new collectors' attention to the seller's items (albeit a shady means to an even shadier end).

The one that gets me quite angry is the 1928/53/63 "yellow seal" notes, chemically altered. Sellers willfully selling crap to anybody who will buy it up.

synchr

Silk thread. Same as the 2013 dual New York guys, pumping and dumping.

Real collectors find a focus and these distractors don't understand that.

Tookybandit

I agree!

@Steve_in_Tampa said:
My dad would call something like this a “nothing” burger.
It appears to be a security thread in the vague shape of a “6” next to the back plate number. It’s not an error, just kinda unusual. )

redseal53

I like it.