because it's actually a $5 bill & is counterfeit.
yes
No, there's only a single watermark on current US bills $5 and above. $1 and $2 bills don't have watermarks.
Verifying if a 1950 one hundred dollar is counterfeit can be done in a number of ways. Initially check for a thread pattern in the paper. US currency has paper with a rag content including visible threads. then check for a watermark. A watermark cannot be xeroxed properly. Finally, the disclosure pen found at retail stores can check the chemical content of the paper to verify authenticity.
Until the 1990 redesign, most US bills looked very similar. The front of a 1950 $100 bill has a small portrait of Benjamin Franklin in the center, surrounded by an oval frame. The bill's corners have the number 100 and the edges are framed by ornate scrollwork. The back has the familiar image of Independence Hall. It's inside a scrollwork rectangle with rounded corners. The number 100 is in each corner at a 45-degree angle. The only colors are green and black, and there's no watermark or security strip.
no
Yes, but only on modern bills. When looking at the front side of the bill, the watermark is to the right, visible when held to light. It shows President Jackson's portrait.
It depends on how you define "old". Security strips were introduced with the 1990 "big head" redesign. Bills dated before that don't have the strip or watermark.
At least $100 US dollars (isn't it obvious?)
because it's actually a $5 bill & is counterfeit.
Yes, most U.S. bills from 1996 on, including the $20 note, have watermarks.
Uh, Lincoln
yes
I believe the watermark began on the 1990 series so no 1988 was still too old.
No. Watermarks were introduced with the new large-portrait bills.
No, there's only a single watermark on current US bills $5 and above. $1 and $2 bills don't have watermarks.
The watermark doesn't fluoresce under UV light. There's a separate security strip with that feature. The colors for all current bills are:$100 - pink$50 - yellow$20 - green$10 - orange$5 - blueCongress has prevented any redesign of $1 and $2 bills so they don't have modern anti-counterfeiting features, including either watermarks or security strips.