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BWJM
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Strange 1974 $2 Back
« on: March 13, 2005, 06:24:47 pm »
Someone contacted me not too long ago through my website, the Online Canadian Paper Money Museum with a question about the note featured in the attached photo.

I have no idea how this would have been created.  It is difficult to tell for sure which layer (the intaglio or the "plaid") was printed first, even with a magnifying glass.  The prefix is AGG, so it has an engraved back as opposed to a lithographed back.

I am not aware of anything within the normal printing process that could possibly have produced what I am seeing.

Does anyone here have any thoughts or ideas?
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Re: Strange 1974 $2 Back
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2005, 10:31:13 pm »
All I can say is WOW.
What about the opposite side?
« Last Edit: March 13, 2005, 10:32:05 pm by Skylark »
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Re: Strange 1974 $2 Back
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2005, 10:52:03 pm »
It looks to me that a wet hankerchief (brand new)was placed on the note and the colours/designs transferred from the hanky to the $2 note.  That's my opinion.   :-/
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Re: Strange 1974 $2 Back
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2005, 11:01:17 pm »
 Looks like it was done after and the more I look at it the more the wet hankerchief idea makes sense.
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Re: Strange 1974 $2 Back
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2005, 11:08:53 pm »
That's what I was thinking initially too.

BTW: The front of the note is normal.
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BWJM, F.O.N.A.
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President, IBNS Ontario Chapter.
Treasurer, Waterloo Coin Society.
Show Chair, Cambridge Coin Show.
Fellow of the Ontario Numismatic Association.
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