# Micrograph of "Spider/Owl" in $1 bill?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrograph-of-spider-owl-in-1-bill/36857>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrograph-of-spider-owl-in-1-bill/36857 "2000-10-13T23:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![djbdjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrograph-of-spider-owl-in-1-bill/36857/1 "2000-10-13T23:47:41Z")

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Just heard today about supposed figures in the border of the upper right ‘1’ on front of $1 bill. Was looking around the web for an enlargement; no dice. Can somebody with a microscope take a picture so I can see with my own eyes?

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrograph-of-spider-owl-in-1-bill/36857/2 "2000-10-14T00:08:35Z")

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You can see the spider plainly with the naked eye. Look at the border around the “1” in the upper-right corner. Look at the curve in the upper-left corner of that border. Perched near the base of that curve, next to the leaves, is what I’ve always presumed was the spider.

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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrograph-of-spider-owl-in-1-bill/36857/3 "2000-10-14T01:04:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Punoqllads \*  
> \*\*You can see the spider plainly with the naked eye. Look at the border around the “1” in the upper-right corner. Look at the curve in the upper-left corner of that border. Perched near the base of that curve, next to the leaves, is what I’ve always presumed was the spider. \*\*

Umm, what you call the spider based on my eyes and a small magnifying glass looks to me like the continuation of the decorative lines between the leaves and the border, not a spider. Perhaps I misunderstood your directions.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrograph-of-spider-owl-in-1-bill/36857/4 "2000-10-14T02:05:14Z")

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Boy, do some people not have a lot to do with their lives! **punoqllads** your directions on how to find it were very well written. **sethdallob** your comments were on the money, until you allowed as how you misunderstood the directions. You understood just fine. There is nothing to see except decorative lines.