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Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby AGgressive Metal » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:18 pm

Can anyone explain what I found here?

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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby Thogey » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:20 pm

I've come across those before.

Dude, you're the 'money man'. Educate us.
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby AGgressive Metal » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:21 pm

Let the conspiracy theories begin! lol
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby AGgressive Metal » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:23 pm

Also it could be Japanese for all I know.

EDIT: I looked up the symbol for "100" in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean and it is not that. Maybe its the symbol for a particular bank or financial institution?
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby NotABigDeal » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:45 pm

A person marking their bills? I get them all the time. I've seen several different kinds. I want to get my own stamp. Not that I have anyhting to stamp, hehe....

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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby Rodebaugh » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:52 pm

thats my FRN.....I must have misplaced it. Please PM me for an address to return it to.

No idea. I have had 1-2 of them just like it pass through my hands. It's a shame they always pass and never stay for to long.
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby Thogey » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:58 pm

The symbol means 'property of the PRC'.
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby AGgressive Metal » Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:45 pm

Thogey wrote:The symbol means 'property of the PRC'.


I know, right? Maybe others can scan notes when they find them as well and we'll get to the bottom of it!
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby Know Common Cents » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:49 pm

Ever see an old (silver) trade dollar with chop marks? Same thing here.

Certain Chinese merchants or those in the Far East that handle large sums of US currency affix their stamp to the back of the bills for verification purposes. These verifiers certify by their mark that the bill isn't counterfeit. If the bill comes back to them, they already know it's good.

For example, if I see a $100 with a known mark on the back, I can be assured it's real. It's always made me wonder, though, if there are those who use bogus reverse stamps just to throw others off.

On some $100 bills you can see several different marks. I always thought an interesting idea would be to take pix of these marks and see how many different there were. Maybe hundreds, maybe thousands, I guess. Problem is, I never have enough $100 bills to make picture taking worthwhile. Maybe I'll start a new trend of affixing my mark to $ones and $fives.
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby henrysmedford » Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:52 pm

I will PM and ask member shinnosuke I think he said he reads Japanese.
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby shinnosuke » Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:22 pm

Got the message, henry.

I couldn't read it so I showed it to my wife and she could only confirm that it's Chinese. We are not sure what the meaning is. Japanese kanji are almost all adopted from Chinese, but there are still many others that aren't used in Japan.

My guess is that it is a Chinese surname.

It is close to the Japanese characters of:
英　meaning "distinguished", and
束　meaning "to tie up"
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Re: Chinese counter-stamp on $100 FRN??

Postby Kurr » Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:50 pm

My guess is it's Chinese for:


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