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The listing, 236 year old twenty dollar US note has ended.

Up for grabs is a twenty US dollar note it was printed in 1778 by Hall and Sellers. It is in rough shape but due to age it is to be expected it has browned and is wrinkled folded and has a couple tiny holes and cuts where it was most likely due to being folded. This would be a wonderful addition to add to a collector of old currency. Please no rude remarks about starting bid or GIN I will block you thank you and let this be fun for everyone.

Questions & Comments

Amazing...can you tell me the size...f/w

Jul 20th, 2014 at 12:40:23 PM PDT by

It is 3 3/4" inch in length and 3 1/4" in width. Thank you. Fanned back. :D.

Jul 20th, 2014 at 12:54:55 PM PDT by

I have to ask, where did you ever find this....I never give much credence to the condition of an object, I am so much more interested in its age...I looked these 2 up...Hall was a partner of Benjamin Franklin in his printing business.. This is so fascinating!!

Jul 20th, 2014 at 1:48:59 PM PDT by

It was given to my grandmother by a wealthy friend of hers a long time ago around in the late 70's I don't deal with old money it's not my thing to collect is all.

Jul 20th, 2014 at 1:56:50 PM PDT by

I'd agree iF this is a repo it's VERY well done.. I'm an avid collector of old paper and this would have taken quite a bit of effort to be a repo...

Jul 20th, 2014 at 9:21:36 PM PDT by

the best way to tell a fake from the real thing is the ink on the signatures, if they are slightly brown they are real, because of the Iron in the ink back then would almost burn the paper hence the brownish color.

If the Signatures are the same color as the rest of the ink its a good chance its a fake

Jul 21st, 2014 at 10:13:19 AM PDT by

Thanks derekwaite that's exactly what I was going to ask her lol.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 11:42:29 AM PDT by

What color is the Ink on the signatures?

Jul 21st, 2014 at 11:43:12 AM PDT by

As soon as you let me know what color the signatures are I will bid. How much/if I bid will be determined by that.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 12:50:55 PM PDT by

Actually never mind. Enlarge the picture and take a peak.. it speaks for itself. .. this isn't an original. VERY Nicely done but not quite 200 years old.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 12:53:38 PM PDT by

You know when I listed this it wasn't to trick anyone It just never occurred to me that anyone would go to such lengths to make pretty convincing reproductions. And the ink is black on the signatures. I deal mainly with antique furniture and lamps I have a pair point original lamp that's worth $44,000 not the oldest item I have but it is the most expensive the oldest item is a black forest cuckoo clock it's around 200 yrs old.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 3:17:13 PM PDT by

Wasn't meaning to be disrespectful. ..or imply anything. . Just an honest opinion. . Sorry if you felt otherwise.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 3:19:44 PM PDT by

It's fine I fell bad I try to be honest I hope if this goes through auction someone reads the update and wants it for novelty otherwise I'll take it down if people have issues with that. That's all :).

Jul 21st, 2014 at 3:23:22 PM PDT by

I'll bid reasonable on it as a novelty. As I said before I love old paper this would be nice just for display purposes. No complaints if I win! :)

Jul 21st, 2014 at 3:26:03 PM PDT by

Thank you. :D!

Jul 21st, 2014 at 3:29:03 PM PDT by

No problem. :) if anyone wins and complains let me know I'll work out a GIN with you.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 3:44:07 PM PDT by

Ok cool.

Jul 21st, 2014 at 5:00:01 PM PDT by

That is a awesome repro. Wow! Cool item man

Jul 21st, 2014 at 7:30:16 PM PDT by

Thank you.

Jul 22nd, 2014 at 10:27:48 AM PDT by

Would also love this as novelty ephemera...after my cousin did some extensive and time-consuming research on our ancestry, she found out that we were related to Benjamin Franklin... (also found out descendants of Massasoit, lol! :)

Jul 22nd, 2014 at 12:09:26 PM PDT by

That's awesome thank you for the info. :D! Fanned.

Jul 22nd, 2014 at 2:46:29 PM PDT by

Great auction fanned and watching:)

Jul 25th, 2014 at 6:37:22 PM PDT by

Thank you fanned back.

Jul 26th, 2014 at 1:28:48 AM PDT by

Awesome repo! Wish I had the credits to bid! Lovely conversation piece! Still holds some historical value. I have never seen anything like this before.. Thanks for sharing!

Jul 27th, 2014 at 10:41:49 AM PDT by

236 year old twenty dollar US note is in the Antiques category