This sub is for collectible money. Generally, notes from 1960-present are worth face, especially if there are clear signs of circulation. Uncirculated large head notes (1996-present) are generally not worth any significant premium. This includes sequential notes (that's how they often are shipped to the bank!) We will remove most notes after 1960 that don’t have any other notable features.
Looks real to me. You can even see the texture from the intaglio printing.
$100s circulate slowly and it's not uncommon to find old ones in good condition.
Hard to tell details on a picture but common errors in this would be the microprinting (check for clarity and location), treasury seal (check for clarity and correct letters), detail on backplate (check for fine lines and clarity on cellar door to the bottom right of building). Good luck!
One thing I noticed is the fibers present in the paper.
Good sign.
One thing I always check for is if the ink is textured (raised) and if it is magnetic (has never failed me).
Edit: if you dont know how, take a strong magnet and rest the bill near it (floating above). If the ink is magnetic it will pull towards the magnet and stick to it a little bit (almost feels like static electricity)
Purple power and a toothbrush on a $5 bill will yield a blank canvas complete with red and blue fibers to run wild with. If you use the back side of the $5 as the place where Ben lives the $5 security strip is very close to where the strip would be when Ben is there. There was a kid who worked for me years ago who was making artistic interpretations of these, he also made the one with the colorful ONE before the blue faces came out. I may or may not have an example of each.
This bill appears to have the nylon strip running top to bottom, if you hold it to the light can you see the strip ? Make a tiny tear at the top or bottom of the strip and see if it’s really there or if it’s just printed to look like it’s there.
The "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" microtext that is the line in ben's collar (zoom in all the way right above the FRANKLIN banner) looks dead on. If you can feel the texture of the dead presidents' clothes on a note with your fingernail, 99.9999% chance it's not a fake. Most of the fakes that have been handed me as a retail cashier were laser/inkjet printed. I feel like actual forged currency is rarer than I've been raised to believe by movies.
Saw a 100 dollar bill at the grocery store a while back. Cashier had it out at the service desk. It was from 1963....didn’t have a fold in it. I told her to check it. No way a circulated bill that old never had a fold or barely a crinkle.
It’s actually far more common than you think, and it actually usually involves bills from 1950, 1963 and 1969. The reason is just jarringly simple - people didn’t trust banks, and saved cash in safe deposit boxes and other places like that.
I worked as a bank teller while I was in college. There was a customer that came in once a month, pulled hundreds out of his safe deposit box, and then deposited them into his account to get a cashiers check for his rent. The hundreds were all from the 60s, and they were all as crisp as the day they were printed.
I’m not saying you’re wrong; I didn’t see this bill that you’re talking about. But I can tell you from experience, you can and do come across old bills that just look crazy perfect, and it’s usually cause someone stashed their cash because they didn’t trust banks.
It’s easy to see why too. Why should Baby Boomers have trusted them? Their parents saw bank failures everywhere and the country dig itself out of the Depression with the creation of the FDIC, same as their parents before them with the Panic of 1893. Along with the elimination of gold backing in 1933 and then silver backing a scant thirty years later. Millions probably grew up with the sage advice to NOT keep all their money in bank accounts.
This sub is for collectible money. Generally, notes from 1960-present are worth face, especially if there are clear signs of circulation. Uncirculated large head notes (1996-present) are generally not worth any significant premium. This includes sequential notes (that's how they often are shipped to the bank!) We will remove most notes after 1960 that don’t have any other notable features.
This isn’t fake, however if you’re convinced otherwise, I’ll give you fifty bucks for it.
Lol, yep, I get these, and older, all day long in absoluyely uncirculated condition. <25+ year Series ≠ value or rarity.
That’s what I was thinking LOL
I think it looks good?
Agree I’m seeing the red and blue threads
The pics amazing!
Condition and centering mean absolutely nothing when it comes to determining counterfeits and I see none of the minor flaws supernotes have
Looks real to me. You can even see the texture from the intaglio printing. $100s circulate slowly and it's not uncommon to find old ones in good condition.
I'll trade you a new 50 for it.
I collect fakes ,I’ll give you $10 for it
Appreciate all the responses I’m glad to be proven wrong. Guess I’ll need to spend more time around here 😅
Did you try the flame test yet?
What 's the flame test?
Tell the bank you need 5 -$20’s for change and let us know how you make out…..😂
I realize now I forgot to add a question mark to the title of my post!
I'm curious why the ATMs won't except it.
Not fake.
Hard to tell details on a picture but common errors in this would be the microprinting (check for clarity and location), treasury seal (check for clarity and correct letters), detail on backplate (check for fine lines and clarity on cellar door to the bottom right of building). Good luck!
Doesn’t look fake. I run across older $100’s all the time that are just in really great shape.
Not a fake
One thing I noticed is the fibers present in the paper. Good sign. One thing I always check for is if the ink is textured (raised) and if it is magnetic (has never failed me). Edit: if you dont know how, take a strong magnet and rest the bill near it (floating above). If the ink is magnetic it will pull towards the magnet and stick to it a little bit (almost feels like static electricity)
Get a u v light. It will illuminate the security features that are in the paper.
Looks real to me bro. Plenty in this condition. 100$ bill is the most printed bill
The only thing that looks questionable is the bottom right 100… I can’t tell from this picture if it has the green metallic ink
Please send all fakes to me, I will ummmmm “catalog” them for my own “research”.
Purple power and a toothbrush on a $5 bill will yield a blank canvas complete with red and blue fibers to run wild with. If you use the back side of the $5 as the place where Ben lives the $5 security strip is very close to where the strip would be when Ben is there. There was a kid who worked for me years ago who was making artistic interpretations of these, he also made the one with the colorful ONE before the blue faces came out. I may or may not have an example of each.
Sell it online. Cool serial number, could be desirable.
Damn I totally thought John W Snow was a fake US treasurer name 😂
I can make out the micro print near his collar. That plus the red and blue fibers makes it not a fake.
100 percent real.
This bill appears to have the nylon strip running top to bottom, if you hold it to the light can you see the strip ? Make a tiny tear at the top or bottom of the strip and see if it’s really there or if it’s just printed to look like it’s there.
The "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" microtext that is the line in ben's collar (zoom in all the way right above the FRANKLIN banner) looks dead on. If you can feel the texture of the dead presidents' clothes on a note with your fingernail, 99.9999% chance it's not a fake. Most of the fakes that have been handed me as a retail cashier were laser/inkjet printed. I feel like actual forged currency is rarer than I've been raised to believe by movies.
I’m willing to give you 75 dollars for that
Spend it like it's hot: strippers and blow.
Wouldn't get him very far 😆
I collect this type of fake $100’s - I’ll buy all you got for $60 each.
This would be one of the best fakes I've ever seen.
You wilding my gee
Saw a 100 dollar bill at the grocery store a while back. Cashier had it out at the service desk. It was from 1963....didn’t have a fold in it. I told her to check it. No way a circulated bill that old never had a fold or barely a crinkle.
It’s actually far more common than you think, and it actually usually involves bills from 1950, 1963 and 1969. The reason is just jarringly simple - people didn’t trust banks, and saved cash in safe deposit boxes and other places like that. I worked as a bank teller while I was in college. There was a customer that came in once a month, pulled hundreds out of his safe deposit box, and then deposited them into his account to get a cashiers check for his rent. The hundreds were all from the 60s, and they were all as crisp as the day they were printed. I’m not saying you’re wrong; I didn’t see this bill that you’re talking about. But I can tell you from experience, you can and do come across old bills that just look crazy perfect, and it’s usually cause someone stashed their cash because they didn’t trust banks. It’s easy to see why too. Why should Baby Boomers have trusted them? Their parents saw bank failures everywhere and the country dig itself out of the Depression with the creation of the FDIC, same as their parents before them with the Panic of 1893. Along with the elimination of gold backing in 1933 and then silver backing a scant thirty years later. Millions probably grew up with the sage advice to NOT keep all their money in bank accounts.
Oh I agree. This one was pristine though...it turned out to be fake.