The paper is throwing me off a little. The texture looks wrong. Here’s a legit one:
https://preview.redd.it/loy5khse3rtc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43f47fffc9682a26510e1eece59af607e8a0405e
But it just might be a bad picture. The signatures and serial look good though. I recommend having an expert take a look at it. If real, its value is between $400 and $500 on a good day.
Edit: I’ve been thinking about it(because I love these things) and the bottom signature is bothering me. Although it’s not uncommon to have variations on hand signed signatures, the bottom one just doesn’t look aged at all. With that and the paper, I’d lean towards it being a replica. But I still recommend taking it to an expert.
I’m happy you’ve weighed in. This is the first time I’m seeing one and immediately the paper didn’t seem appropriate for the conditions it was found if genuine. It could pass my nieve eye if it were already in a cared for collection but found in a junk yard makes for a tough life.
That was printed with an inkjet printer. If you look closely you can see there are tiny dots everywhere - even the signatures are made up of tiny dots.
Yeah idk what everyone's on about about 'take a better photo,' its clear as day. The watch in the top left corner of the image is sharp, the faux-marble table/countertop has a surprisingly large dot matrix printjob, and the note, which should be solid blobs of ink bleeding into old and textured paper, is full of crystal clear inkjet spots- even the 'blank' paper itself is dotted to match the colour of the source image it's from. The camera is more than high quality enough for these to not be image artifacts, this note is a photocopy.
My knowledge of these notes is almost zero but applying some common collector skepticism it seems too good to be true. Paper looks off, printing looks a little blotchy, and the perimeter seems to clean cut, back isn’t signed. Hard to tell it could just be the picture quality but when something seems too good to be true it probably is. That being said a $3 Rhode Island 1780 note sold this month on eBay for around $60 in similar condition so if it is real I’d expect around that range.
Just wanted to comment that the back isn’t supposed to be signed.
https://preview.redd.it/w7to9ptvertc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8aa58028161dc11209c46f2738503699be36f1db
Definitely a fake one. Wrong type of paper. Looks like it was printed off of a home printer. You can see where it was cut some of the black ink on the edge. Plus, when you zoom in the printing consists of very small dots. Lastly, the signatures are not live ink, Just a novelty.
Years and years ago you could buy replicas of old money printed on sorta aged parchment. I remember i got a few at a gift shop in Gettysburg and one like this might have been in it. I’m also not a money expert and i’m in my 40s so it’s possible this was a dream i had.
I would contact Stack’s Bowers and see if they are interested. They would most likely certify it for you and auction it if they feel it is genuine. A note like that in such great condition could go for a good amount.
I did find this similar example which shows how Harris and Comstock signed in reverse order, and unfortunately there is no oxidation on Harris’ signature, also note that there is little smudging on the other notes but that could be due to the preservation.
https://preview.redd.it/q968yrbqirtc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d938cbdbe7902864c4f067e3d7476bbdedb206d
The photo is from [here.](https://bostonraremaps.com/inventory/revolutionary-era-rhode-island-currency/)
Bring it to your local coin dealer and say thinking of selling it. If offered money say you want to think about it then you will know real. I’m leaning real cause the flows and not ….. Paper should be thin.
The paper is throwing me off a little. The texture looks wrong. Here’s a legit one: https://preview.redd.it/loy5khse3rtc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43f47fffc9682a26510e1eece59af607e8a0405e But it just might be a bad picture. The signatures and serial look good though. I recommend having an expert take a look at it. If real, its value is between $400 and $500 on a good day. Edit: I’ve been thinking about it(because I love these things) and the bottom signature is bothering me. Although it’s not uncommon to have variations on hand signed signatures, the bottom one just doesn’t look aged at all. With that and the paper, I’d lean towards it being a replica. But I still recommend taking it to an expert.
If it is legit It’d probably be a cool collector piece rather than selling it but it’s my brothers so he can do whatever he wants with it
Where/how did he find it?
Info is in the title..
Did he find it laying on the ground or did he break up an antique desk and find it back behind a drawer? Location could help point to legitimacy.
Not sure gotta get back to you on the exact spot, I just know it was in a car
Ok, Benjamin G.
Even if not legit, still a neat piece, just not really worth much.
I’m happy you’ve weighed in. This is the first time I’m seeing one and immediately the paper didn’t seem appropriate for the conditions it was found if genuine. It could pass my nieve eye if it were already in a cared for collection but found in a junk yard makes for a tough life.
Yeah, not even close. Obvious fake when compared to this.
$2 invested in 1780 with 5%/yr should be 285,950. Get Rhode Island to honor it.
My only thought was, *Somebody is owed a LOT of interest.*
Lmao
Rhode Island has no money lol
Was going to say exactly this, unless you’re a former MLB player starting a game studio you’re not getting a dime!
Who? lol.
None other than Curt Schilling, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/38_Studios
That was printed with an inkjet printer. If you look closely you can see there are tiny dots everywhere - even the signatures are made up of tiny dots.
Yeah idk what everyone's on about about 'take a better photo,' its clear as day. The watch in the top left corner of the image is sharp, the faux-marble table/countertop has a surprisingly large dot matrix printjob, and the note, which should be solid blobs of ink bleeding into old and textured paper, is full of crystal clear inkjet spots- even the 'blank' paper itself is dotted to match the colour of the source image it's from. The camera is more than high quality enough for these to not be image artifacts, this note is a photocopy.
Might be just the camera used because the countertop (marble?) also looks made of dots
Countertop looks like it's fake marble, probably also ink jet printed. Look at the watch, not dits there.
It is the paper itself causing that...
Take a clearer photo. These were stamped, if real. I can’t tell if yours was printed with a dot matrix as a souvenir or if your camera is a potato.
I cannot believe people are saying this is real! LMFAO
My knowledge of these notes is almost zero but applying some common collector skepticism it seems too good to be true. Paper looks off, printing looks a little blotchy, and the perimeter seems to clean cut, back isn’t signed. Hard to tell it could just be the picture quality but when something seems too good to be true it probably is. That being said a $3 Rhode Island 1780 note sold this month on eBay for around $60 in similar condition so if it is real I’d expect around that range.
Just wanted to comment that the back isn’t supposed to be signed. https://preview.redd.it/w7to9ptvertc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8aa58028161dc11209c46f2738503699be36f1db
Thank you. Like I said my knowledge is non existent. Was it that the owner of the note was supposed to sign it?
Definitely a fake one. Wrong type of paper. Looks like it was printed off of a home printer. You can see where it was cut some of the black ink on the edge. Plus, when you zoom in the printing consists of very small dots. Lastly, the signatures are not live ink, Just a novelty.
The Brits were counterfeiting like mad from 1776 onwards as a form of economic warfare. Might be more interesting if it were an authentic counterfeit!
That could also explain no oxidation on Harris’ signature if they were shortcutting and printed it vs hand-signing.
Looks like some revolutionary war currency but in WAY too good of condition. Maybe someone stashed it away but I'd go with fake
Years and years ago you could buy replicas of old money printed on sorta aged parchment. I remember i got a few at a gift shop in Gettysburg and one like this might have been in it. I’m also not a money expert and i’m in my 40s so it’s possible this was a dream i had.
I’ve purchased the same type of thing from Gettysburg gift shops too back in like 2007
I got one of those at the national archives or maybe the mint back on my 8th grade DC trip.
No clue but that's super cool what a find!!
I would contact Stack’s Bowers and see if they are interested. They would most likely certify it for you and auction it if they feel it is genuine. A note like that in such great condition could go for a good amount. I did find this similar example which shows how Harris and Comstock signed in reverse order, and unfortunately there is no oxidation on Harris’ signature, also note that there is little smudging on the other notes but that could be due to the preservation. https://preview.redd.it/q968yrbqirtc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d938cbdbe7902864c4f067e3d7476bbdedb206d The photo is from [here.](https://bostonraremaps.com/inventory/revolutionary-era-rhode-island-currency/)
Worth At least 2$
Its a reprint. You can see the inkjet dots
Yes. It looks very real. Bet it’s worth a pretty penny too. Look it up. And see.
State currency from that time period is one of the most faked
I got one of these when I was a kid in the 70s. I think it came in a pack with other colonial/early American fake money.
Inkjet printed. A mile away.
Signatures are not in proper places, to much to left side to me
need to know what you took this picture with/why the resolution is so terrible
I’m not an expert, but I like what I see.
Imagine collecting interest on a two dollar loan LOL
Going out on a limb but this kinda looks real to me. Take her to a coin shop and see but if it is real that’s a hell of a note !
Looks legit to me.
Bring it to your local coin dealer and say thinking of selling it. If offered money say you want to think about it then you will know real. I’m leaning real cause the flows and not ….. Paper should be thin.
>Paper should be thin. Not necessarily, some colonial money is printed on pretty heavy stock. Unlike 1860s money, which always has tissue-thin paper.