Recently, the exchange of commemorative banknotes for the Winter Olympics is nearing the end, but it has a particularly rare version that has come out and attracted the attention of many Tibetan friends.
This version is red 20, also called red austrian banknote. Xiao Tian mentioned it to everyone when it was first discovered.
Because of its rarity, its collection value has been particularly high, but it has a strange place that has caused a lot of controversy, because this edition may be artificially forged.
Before that, let me review the birth process of the red Austrian banknote and its specific characteristics.
What is a red Austrian banknote
As early as before the Spring Festival, there was a photo shared by "Tibetan friends", of which 2 commemorative banknotes had a special red fluorescence. At that time, the photo did not have much sustained heat, because the Tibetan friends did not find anything after careful searching.
However, recently, with the evaluation of some countries to bid "red 20" and "splicing red 20", it has attracted widespread attention, and even a concentrated purchase has emerged. And this kind of red Austrian banknote, from 500 to 6000, seems to be extremely high collection value, but also let more Collectors to participate in the search.
Judging from the information currently published, it is mainly distributed in the 061, 062, 063 and 066 segments. Red 20 fluorescent banknote, its font lower half, will show red fluorescence, the brightness is still relatively strong. Ordinary commemorative banknotes do not have any fluorescence.
But what is surprising is that although the number segment is clear, there are still very few ordinary Tibetan friends who have found this kind of fluorescence. If any Tibetan friends have been found, they are also welcome to take photos and share them.
Controversy arises
Since it is impossible to change the ink after printing 1 or 2 sheets when printing money, special fluorescence will always appear in batches together.
Therefore, no matter how rare the fluorescence, after the heat rises, there will definitely be ordinary Tibetan friends who will follow the discovery, and then there will be more scattered and sustained heat. But the point of controversy now is that the commemorative banknotes have been exchanged for 7788, but the red Austrian banknotes are still not found by several Tibetan friends, which is very suspicious.
Therefore, many people think that the red Austrian banknote is a man-made version. If the number segment just starts with 06, you can use fluorescent lamps to find it again. If not, there is no need to mix this fluorescent banknote. Why?
There are not many similar routines
In fact, Xiaotian rarely publishes articles related to fluorescent banknotes, including the fluorescence of various banknotes, and rarely mentions it. This is because many of the recently discovered new fluorescences have traces of artificiality.
The routine is very simple: first control a number segment, then artificially create a kind of fluorescence, focus on publicity and hype (including but not limited to rating the bid), and start to pit people.
Yes, fluorescence can be added artificially later. Many of the rare fluorescent versions are artificially manufactured. Even those identified by rating companies cannot be fully trusted.
Therefore, Xiaotian personally is not cold to fluorescent coins, and rarely introduces it to everyone.
Tibetans should pay attention to the fact that if an old banknote suddenly and inexplicably finds a new fluorescent version, we should be careful why they are scarce in number, it is likely that there are two reasons. One is artificial scarcity, and the other is that it has not yet had time to add fluorescence, after all, it is a meticulous technical work, and it must be done slowly.
Therefore, fluorescence is risky, and you need to be cautious when entering the pit.