[Robert DeLong]

Actually it was the age of the bill, 1953, that when the pen they run across to see if it is counterfeit did not produce the correct results.

[PLMerite]

“Actually it was the age of the bill, 1953, that when the pen they run across to see if it is counterfeit did not produce the correct results.”

It’s still made out of the same “rag paper” that money is today, isn’t it? Or would time affect it in some way?

[dennisw]

Actually it was the age of the bill, 1953, that when the pen they run across to see if it is counterfeit did not produce the correct results.

Bill looks old and torn. The more recent two dollar bills have the Signing of the Declaration of Independence on the reverse. The painting by Trumbull. The one in dispute has Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's estate

Signing of the Declaration of Independence on the reverse. The painting by Trumbull.

[PLMerite]

I notice that the bill in question has the date 6/9/62 written in pencil on the obverse. Probably been in someone’s sock drawer a long time. The current $2 bill is Series 2003 A.