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Henk Boshuijer
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posted 08-31-2014 06:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Henk Boshuijer   Click Here to Email Henk Boshuijer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I found a dollar bill signed by Neil Armstrong on a Dutch auction site. The person selling this item is asking 25,000 Euros for it. I think (even if it is real) this is too much.

According to the seller the dollar bill was signed by Armstrong on July 20, 2009 for someone named B. Bush. Can this be real?

rgarner
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posted 08-31-2014 06:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for rgarner   Click Here to Email rgarner     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is the most shaky forgery I have ever seen!

stsmithva
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posted 08-31-2014 06:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for stsmithva   Click Here to Email stsmithva     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would be comfortable saying that is a forgery.

David C
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posted 08-31-2014 07:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for David C     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I certainly don't like it, and the asking price is a joke.

fredtrav
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posted 08-31-2014 11:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for fredtrav   Click Here to Email fredtrav     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
One other thing that could be a forgery giveaway. I have seen Armstrong signatures on checks for instance that were dated like 3-7-xx.

His 7's never had a line through it. This is more of a European trait than an American trait, so it would be natural for a European forger to date it with a line through the 7. Also at the end of the date the "crown?" and initials probably would nit have been drawn by him, yet they are in the same pen.

Tykeanaut
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posted 08-31-2014 12:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tykeanaut   Click Here to Email Tykeanaut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Even if it was genuine and it isn't, as has been said already the price is just crazy.

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