Support There's a small stain on the "I" in "AMERICA" on the front, and some pencil marks in the lower left of the back, but those are relatively minor issues. Adam Cuerden(
talk)19:29, 14 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Even with a stain in the I, this is probably one of the most perfect specimens you're going to see of this bill.. heh. The ascension number I think increases EV instead of decreases, it's how the museum tracks their items. — raekyt01:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Question What are those marks that look like pencil marks in otherwise empty space about 1/3 the distance from the right and left edges? --Pine✉23:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Ah, yes. Well there are two different marks. If you're referring to the red and blue squiggles running the length of the note from top to bottom, they are silk fibers embedded in the paper as an anti-counterfeiting measure. Typical placement was about 1/3 of the way in from both sides. They are routine in notes from this period. They could even be seen in modern era US banknotes through the 1970's or 1980's, though there were very small. There is also a pencil notation in the lower left reverse margin. This is the accession number written on the note when it was donated by the
US Treasury to the
Smithsonian Institution. Any other question just let me know.--
Godot13 (
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00:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Actually, even on today's US notes, close inspection will show a few very small stray fibers still, but not in the concentrated patter seen in the image...-
Godot13 (
talk)
01:03, 15 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Support There's a small stain on the "I" in "AMERICA" on the front, and some pencil marks in the lower left of the back, but those are relatively minor issues. Adam Cuerden(
talk)19:29, 14 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Even with a stain in the I, this is probably one of the most perfect specimens you're going to see of this bill.. heh. The ascension number I think increases EV instead of decreases, it's how the museum tracks their items. — raekyt01:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Question What are those marks that look like pencil marks in otherwise empty space about 1/3 the distance from the right and left edges? --Pine✉23:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Ah, yes. Well there are two different marks. If you're referring to the red and blue squiggles running the length of the note from top to bottom, they are silk fibers embedded in the paper as an anti-counterfeiting measure. Typical placement was about 1/3 of the way in from both sides. They are routine in notes from this period. They could even be seen in modern era US banknotes through the 1970's or 1980's, though there were very small. There is also a pencil notation in the lower left reverse margin. This is the accession number written on the note when it was donated by the
US Treasury to the
Smithsonian Institution. Any other question just let me know.--
Godot13 (
talk)
00:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Actually, even on today's US notes, close inspection will show a few very small stray fibers still, but not in the concentrated patter seen in the image...-
Godot13 (
talk)
01:03, 15 July 2013 (UTC)reply