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General => General Forum Comments => Topic started by: chilliwackdave on August 18, 2007, 09:07:37 am
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Just saw this item, it looks similar to the $5 that Brent picked up a while back. It ends today. Item # 200141534681
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Without seeing the reverse of the note with the serial numbers / control number I would be quite skeptical
of the authenticity of this note.
It would be very easy for someone to print SPECIMEN on a regular issue note.
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I agree, I've sent the seller a message asking for the prefix and serial #.
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The eBay seller replied to my inquiry as to the serial number of the note.
It is BTF 8619265. So much for a Journey Specimen note :(
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BTF 8619265? How is that even possible? The picture clearly shows a 2001 Journey $10 with Knight-Thiessen signatures! :o
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Maybe he used an image of a note off the Bank of Canada website instead of spending time scanning the
actual note. I have seen lots of eBay listings for Canadian notes by US sellers that use BoC images.
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I agree with Arthur. The image appears to be an (old) graphic from the BoC website.
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Good point. Well the current high bidder is a forum member, so they can fill us in on the all particulars if they win the auction.
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Here is the pic & response I received from the ebay seller. I do not think there is anything special about this note. Sorry Brent, this is no match for your specimen $5.
Here's the back
The note has been in circulation
The serial # is BTF8619265
The picture I used is a file pic I got from Canada
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You would wonder why the seller used a stock photo from the Bank of Canada's website and did not use the actual photograph of this $10 note. The seller sells other items with actual photos, except for this $10 note. Anyhow, it's buyer beware - do the research, ask for info, before you buy. Otherwise, a deal is a deal.
This ordinary note sold for $104 US. Buyer will be really disappointed. This seller for sure going forward may only take Cdn money for their future auctions, and flip them on eBay!!! :P
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I received another email from the seller confirming that there is no red “specimen” printed on the note. I hope no one on the forum bought this.
As coinsplus said, buyer beware
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Good point. Well the current high bidder is a forum member, so they can fill us in on the all particulars if they win the auction.
I'm pretty sure that I'm the member mentioned here :-[, as I had bid up to 40.00 for what I thought was a Specimen note :-\. I was very happy :D when another ebayer outbid me and it eventualy sold for around 110.00 ::) :P.
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I was considering bidding on this item too, but I wanted to see a scan of the back of the note (even though there were only 6 hours left til the auction closed). I wasn't going to bid on this note without seeing the serial number with 7 0's in it!
On the bright side, if this seller managed to get a stock photo from the BofC website showing a specimen $10 Journey note, that should mean we can look forward to Journey specimen notes being auctioned by the BofC at some point...which should be a 7-note set if both $5 notes, both $10 notes and the $20, $50 and $100 are offered. :D