Wet ink transfer one dollar bill

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  1. Can anyone tell me what a dollar bill like this might be worth.

    Any and all help in greatly appreciated.
    Thank you i C39173772B weird over print 2E.jpg C39173772B weird over print  R22E.jpg n advance
     
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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    That is not a wet ink transfer issue. That didn't occur at the BEP o_O

    A wet ink transfer will show the image in reverse and horizontal to the bill. Not vertically. Someone created that alteration using a copy machine.

    Next time create your thread in the Paper Money section of CoinTalk.

    It is still worth $1.00
     
    Last edited: May 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
  4. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator


    Dead-on, Paddy.
     
  5. That is weird because it came in a $100 wrap of sequential new bills and this was between a serial number before and after, I did post it on the paper money thread but all I got was that it was cool. I am attaching the pictures that I posted there.
     

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  6. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

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  7. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    I just don't see how this is possible. o_O:shifty::shifty:
     
  8. BoneDust

    BoneDust Active Member

    Actually this looks like a Fold-over Printing error. Another bill could have been folded over this during printing. I am specialized in the paper and plastic industry considered I've worked on printing for the past 25 years now. This happens on occasion where I work as well. Also, the process of printing money involves two separate intaglio printing stages, with the back of the bill printed first, then the front so this very well could have happened. Nothing is perfect. Not even the BEP. However I could be mistaken and someone did possibly throw it in a printer as another user stated. But if you indeed took this out of a stack then it is a real error.
     
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  9. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Nope. Not at all.
     
  10. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Not necessarily o_O
     
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  11. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I know precious little of paper money but I am quite sure that when the ink is still wet in the printing process, neither the engravings for, nor the bills on the sheet are separated by more than their normal spacing.

    If you truly believe this impression is not a contrivance, how is it then that the secondary impression is so remarkably complete, yet there is no trace of impressions of bills to either side of it?
     
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  12. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    How about @Jersey magic man
    What do you think?

    I think it is something fishy in my honest opinion.
     
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  13. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    And when it smells like fish? Stay away from the fish department. ;)
    Never have I seen such a thing, :confused:.
    Calling "the magic" @Jersey magic man. The bearded wiseman. :D
     
  14. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    I asked the same question in the past thread.
     
  15. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    I would ask what is the procedure in stacking bills for release. I am not sure...
     
  16. Jersey magic man

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  17. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    I don't know anything about the BEP printing process, or how you would do this on a copy machine. Either way, I'm curious how there is a ghost of a serial number C39173___B, but no treasury seal? I copied the "error" piece and rotated it to see how it aligns with the normal section.
    C39173772B weird over print 2E_edit.jpg
    Edit: I also see some signs of circulation - two bent corners and a slight bow in the center. But why would anyone create an "error" only to stick it between sequential notes? OP, how did you obtain this, who from, what was it marketed as, etc.
     
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  18. Jersey magic man

    Jersey magic man Supporter! Supporter

    I think the picture or scan did not reproduce properly on the printer. If the printer was set for grey scale or black only it may have not printed correctly and left out most of the green printing. Again, this is just my theory without the note in hand.
     
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  19. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    That was my thought too but the serial number is also green and is visible.
     
  20. Jersey magic man

    Jersey magic man Supporter! Supporter

    The printer may have printed some green, just not what it should have been. Again, without the note in hand it is all guess work.

    However, I cannot fathom how this would happen at the BEP.
     
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