Possible 'SPECIMEN' Journey $10 on E-bay

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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

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.

I agree, I've sent the seller a message asking for the prefix and serial #.

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 

BTF 8619265?  How is that even possible?  The picture clearly shows a 2001 Journey $10 with Knight-Thiessen signatures! 

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.

I agree with Arthur. The image appears to be an (old) graphic from the BoC website.

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.

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

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!!!   

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

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 when another ebayer outbid me and it eventualy sold for around 110.00 .

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.