Advised Grays on 16th July this note was a forgery,
and requested their advice. No answer received.
What should I do now ?
A Rare Banknote Listed as Legal Tender by GraysOnline Is a Forgery
graykath on 02/08/2015 - 17:33
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Yes I bid and Won it on their Auction site
Considering the seriousness, I would suggest trying to contact them once more and warning you will be contacting the police if you don't hear a response within 48 hours.
Absolutely. Forgery of Australian banknotes is taken very seriously by authorities.
Tks mskeggs,
Have done that in additional Emails to them, confirming that I may contact
the Federal Police and the Reserve Bank and still no answer from Grays.any link to the auction (just curious)
and what makes you think it's fake?
I would contact them one more tme then go to the police.
Also tell Grays you will lodge a complaint with ACCC for misleading and deceptive conduct.
The valuable Star Note is printed on both sides, but has no
watermark to indicate its authenticity.If you tried telling Grays in an email that it is a fake, you've probably just confused their customer service staff.
Ask for a refund as it was incorrectly described. Better yet, call them.
I'm not convinced that the police, Reserve Bank or ACCC would care about 1 potentially forged note floating around - a historical note too. I wouldn't waste my time with those options.
Police are more worried about semi-organised crime trying to copy batches of modern notes.
Are you serious? Of course police would care otherwise they risk having fake note after fake note on the market.
How could it be incorrectly described if it's described as a rare note? Why would the OP buy a fake note and why would Grays be selling a fake note just with a wrong description?
I too doubt they would care for the reasons given above. They would care if there was fake note after fake note on the market, but not a low risk of that.
According to the web the last of these notes was printed in 1971. It's a collectible (not usable) note.
Why would the police care about a single, alleged fake note from over 40 years ago?
If it's fake then it's incorrectly described. Return it and move on.
It's still Australian legal tender so it's still fake currency nd you could be charged if you tried to use it redeem it at a bank so police still need to investigate
The old decimal notes are still useable currency.
We actually got handed a $2 one at a fundraising BBQ a couple of weeks ago!
It doesn't matter how old it is, I think you underestimate the seriousness of currency forgery.
Just to play the devils advocate:
Have you verified that it is indeed a fogery?
"Yeah I switched if myself"
How much you paid for it might make a difference. So what sort of money are we talking about?
Also tell them that you will be talking to the media about it.Which star note is it? What grade was it and how much did you pay? Got a link or screenshot of the listing?
And how did you pay?
Are you sure it isn't rare because it is missing that watermark whilst all the other security features exist?
What exactly did the auction details state?
I know people that collect rare notes with misprints like you have described.
Did you buy it? Or are you asking them to improve the accuracy of a listing?