Dave Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 I've seen a huge increase in the amount of fantasy notes offered online in auctions and regular seller sites. These notes are not only those issued for Antarctica, Hutt river, etc., but are notes that are seemingly created for a completely fictional place and offered for sale to collectors. While I have no interest in these notes myself, the designs on some of them are quite nice, and I can understand if someone wants to collect them. It's the sheer volume that seems to be offered is something that perks my interest most, though. Are there really that many people out there buying these that make it worthwhile to sellers to stock these fantasy notes? If so I wonder how it will evolve - such as will there be price guides, groups for fantasy notes, etc. As part of this, I've noticed that there are quite a lot of "Reproductions" of US notes being offered as well. While these may be a nice 'filler' until a real one can be obtained, the money asked for them is, in my opinion, a little much - even for a quality reproduction of a note. Anyone have other thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I've seen many of the "standard" fantasy notes - Antarctica, etc. at shows. I'd guess the increase in offerings is a result of cheaper high quality printing capability and the worldwide influence of ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMMM Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 I do not like it, just to many "Training Notes" and "Movie Notes" and "Replicas" are showing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Yean those training notes are likely just cheaply printed notes with some random hand stamps on them. I did some research, and there is actually a society for fake notes. The USNS Unrecognized States Numismatic Society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave M Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 I actually bought a replica note by accident on eBay, thinking it was a steal of a deal on a french note I needed. I guess greed got to me and I missed the (not so) fine print. I realized it moments after I hit the "buy" button, and the guy was decent enough about letting me back out of it. But I agree, these are quite annoying. I wish they were required to list them in a different section, under "art" or something. Â Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave M Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Here's a new one on me... a reproduction in a TPG holder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMMM Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I have been seeing a few "copies" being sold as "Specimens" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Looks like a TPG style holder rather than actually TPG. Slab-style holders have been common for US coins for several years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauMauNotes Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 i hate that kind of notes, but as long as one buy them knowing they are fake replicas fictional plastic etc and not MISSING countries fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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