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Canadian Notes => Canadian Journey Notes => Topic started by: inrepno on October 27, 2006, 09:29:10 pm

Title: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: inrepno on October 27, 2006, 09:29:10 pm: Hi all.
I'v got a 5$ note numbered HNY8705394 which has a very strange stamp (or something of the like) consisting of letters HIN within a red circle of about 9 mm (between 5/16 and 3/8 of an inch) in diameter. It is very clear and look official.

Assuming that it has been put there by the printing company (but I don't know), I was wondering if it could have been placed there for internal use of some sort...

Any ideas, thoughts infrmation about something like this?
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: Mikeysonfire on October 27, 2006, 09:40:43 pm: I never seen anything like that before... Could you post a pic of it? I would like to see it.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: inrepno on October 28, 2006, 06:05:52 pm: Here is an image of the interesting area. If you can't see the "stamp" on the image,
[highlight]use the scroll bar at bottom to slide to the right! [/highlight][/b]

The color of the "stamp" is pinkish red (in the image on my computer it looks plain red).

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Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: walktothewater on October 28, 2006, 09:31:28 pm: I've had my hand stamped with something like that (to enter a function). It looks like a stamp to me.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: coinsplus on October 29, 2006, 12:16:01 am: I also agree with walktothewater on this one. It seems to be an ordinary stamp.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: inrepno on October 29, 2006, 12:47:35 pm: I read something on this site (I don't remember where) about the internal use of some notes which are identified as such. I can't remember what was the method used.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: Mikeysonfire on October 29, 2006, 09:22:52 pm: To me, it looks like someone had a stamp and wanted to test it out and could not find any other paper to do it on...
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: inrepno on October 29, 2006, 10:00:34 pm: Yes, I also think it's a stamp, but where does it come from?
My hope of having discovered a stamp used by the manufacturer is decreasing a lot. Sure, anybody can add a stamp on any note after it entered circulation, but I was wondering what the letters of that stamp mean...
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: Mikeysonfire on October 29, 2006, 10:10:14 pm: I typed HIN on google and got this...

Hot Import Nights

Healthcare Intelligence Network

Also got this at ask.com

Quote
WHAT IS HIN? The Hull Identification Number (HIN) system consists of a unique series of characters and numbers conforming to ISO 10087:1995(E).

Its a mystery we must solve!
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: Rag Picker on October 30, 2006, 12:10:06 am: Any chance it could also read NIH? When I did a search on that all I came up with was National Institiute on Health. :-?
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: Mikeysonfire on October 30, 2006, 12:33:29 am: Your right Rag Picker, it could also be NIH.
I found...
Northern Inyo Hospital

I would not think these places would make a stamp and then stamp them on notes.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: inrepno on October 30, 2006, 11:24:35 am: It cannot be NIH as the letter N doesn't look good that way. Look at the serifs.
That's why I scanned the note upside down.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: Mikeysonfire on October 30, 2006, 02:56:54 pm: It could stand for anything with HIN or NIH in it. You can also turn it to the side and have it ZHI or HIZ. :P
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: eyevet on October 30, 2006, 08:15:40 pm: Probably stands for Heloise Inez Nachreiner a bank teller who has one of those rubber stamps attached to a pencil which she stamps on documents that she has handled. Perhaps she bundled some notes together and stamped the bundle with her HIN stamp.
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: venga50 on October 30, 2006, 09:20:07 pm: I think the lady you are referring to is Ms. Helene Inoize Neinracher...she used to work in the Fruit of the Loom garment factory inspecting men's underwear for quality control (such as sub-standard Y-front openings). I know whenever I buy a new package of briefs I always find a little slip of paper that said "This garment has been inspected by:" - and underneath that would be stamped the initials of the inspector.

Nice to know Ms. Neinracher has moved up in the world ;).
Title: Re: 5$ note showing HIN within a red circle
Post by: inrepno on October 30, 2006, 09:27:59 pm: I know it can be anything. Is there a probability, even a very small one that this stamp was used by the Canadian Bank note for some purpose or evetrybody is almost 100% sure it's a stamp with no link to the printing company?