Strange UV activity on old banknotes

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Good day! I need help understanding unusual UV features on old banknotes where they shouldn’t appear.  I would greatly appreciate any insights or explanations from anyone experienced in this.
1.  N#214276 Have lines over all banknote. Can it be consequences of unsuccessful restoration?

2. N#276449 Have some strange UV on place of watermark(up right), but not in form of watermark

3. N#204707 The overstamp is glowing. Does anyone know how it supposed to be?

4. N#203978 Is that yellow spot a fungus(left, in place of watermak)? I’ve just read about scary fungus, but have never seen one in person.

The presence of bodily fluids maybe? 🩸🤧🤤

https://www.tank007store.com/knowledge/uv-flashlight-crime-scene-investigation?srsltid=AfmBOoq-AqwFhbBG4PgwLkBLdsOKf_UURzrvj-C4389yeLURh3b-1-8Z#toc-2-Applications-of-UV-F

 

I'll leave a more elaborate explanation to the experts though 😉

Just call me Bram

No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!

I hope that’s not the case 😄

Definitely some organic contamination on the highpoints of the creases.

I think the photos would be better done out of the plastic sleeves because the plastic diffuses the UV light.

What would be good is:

 

1. You take the photo with the camera parallel to the note and the UV light angled

2. The light needs to be better filtered, at 365nm. The cheap lights have a lot of extra visible light which is no good

 

I am a big fan of UV activity and I check each of my notes under UVA and also UVC. You can check my article for info here:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/banknotes-not-so-obvious-features-part-3-ultraviolet-brandon-bertolli-mms8e/

Wanted: Cambodia 2000 Riels 2007 P#59b (printed 2015) UNC or AU
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-bertolli-b6500522/recent-activity/all/

I am a big fan of UV activity and I check each of my notes under UVA and also UVC. You can check my article for info here:

-Very informative article with some fantastic UV images! Well done @odd job!

https://sites.google.com/view/notaphilycculture/collecting-banknotes

Interesting article about UV on banknotes. Thanks everybody for the answers.  Now I can understand 1 and 4, but still question about 2,3. 


All of those are contaminants of some sort. Sweat, water with soap in it, that sort of thing.

The earliest note I know about that has deliberate UV security features is from 1959.

Wanted: Cambodia 2000 Riels 2007 P#59b (printed 2015) UNC or AU
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-bertolli-b6500522/recent-activity/all/

Regarding number 3 - the stamp fluorescing under UV - it may be simply that the ink of the stamp just happens to fluoresce under UV. As such unintentional.

Could you post an image under normal light for comparison.

Thanks everybody for your answers and help! Still, number 2 seems a bit strange to me because of its form. Here are the photos of number 3. Again, thanks for your help!

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