10$ 2001 -fake

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Found this 10$ note, spring 2006 in Quebec city.
Beside a real note, it looks quite obvious...

fronts:
http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=faux102001rectorp8.jpg

backs:
http://img357.imageshack.us/my.php?image=faux102001versoch9.jpg

It's not a fake. It's a new and unique replacement note with prefix AAX.  

In case Phil's sarcasm was not totally clear, the note is indeed fake. I have seen one with the same prefix.

Thats definitly a fake. I agree with Brent on this one.

Of course it is fake.

-AAX prefix (tiny letters, black ink went through the paper)
-this bill is 2-3mm longer and 1mm larger than a real one
-They screw up big time with the blue ribbon on the back, down-left corner ("lest we forget").

I've seen a good one as well.  It is JUI76543219.  This prefix was never issued and there are 1 to many digits (5 minutes of research by the creator of this one and it would have been almost passable) .  It is almost a ladder note to boot!  

My friend received one, too. He probably obtained it from a dollar store or a small produce shop. I remember seeing another fake bill similar to this one posted on a cash register at a dollar store with the word fake written across it....

I have the pics of the observe and reverse here (I didn't have a 2001 issue $10 dollar bill so I had to compare it with a $5):

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7982/dsc0024jp4.jpg
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/9375/dsc0023zr6.jpg

Thats one of the better looking fakes that I have seen well it is from the picture maybe not in real life but at least the serial number isnt prefix AAA lol

I checked with the bank on Friday and the teller said it was not a fake. She did not use a currency counter though so it might of not been noticeable to the naked eye.

I'll double check and tell them to use a currency counter.

EDIT

The note was NOT a fake according to that Bank of Canada pamphlet (finally came!) that I found in the mail a few minutes ago.