Looking at threads of similar bills, this seems to be a case where someone stole a sheet of $1 bills from a collector and cut them up for personal use?
It was pretty cool finding this. I was just doing some research and wanting someone to verify that I am correct. Is this a mint error or did someone cut them from a sheet? Any value beyond $1.00?
Hand cut from a sheet of ones. 999 prefix serial number means it came from a sheet. You don't have to steal them from a collector. You can cut them up yourself from your own sheet. Worth $1. Maybe that stuff in the upper margin might have slight value to a collector.
My guess is yes,it is worth over face value,i myself would pay over $1 for it for sure,lol Im interested if it is actualy a mint error,its neat either way. Also...very high serial #
Cut from a sheet! I've seen ones which actually included the top or bottom of another bill, to give the "illusion" that it's a BEP error, but the "99xxxxxx" SN is the tip off.
There is an uncut sheet of 16 notes (1981B) on eBay going for $99. Why the heck would you cut that up? Just strange. Thanks for the help!
Well, let's look at it this way: currently, the US Mint sells a sheet of 20 uncut $1 bills for $43. So a 16 note sheet would be something short of that, so the ebay seller, if he gets the $99 will almost triple his money. Now, if you take that same sheet & miss-cut it so that it appears to the untrained eye that it is a true error, & charge, say $25 a pop, you can probably sell at least a few to recoup the initial investment, & if you sell them all (you would have some sacrificial losses, but...) you would be way ahead. That's why there are still unscrupulous sellers & that's why it's important to know the serial no. used on sheets.
Not necessarily.. Like what was stated before. Someone could of owned the sheet and cut it themself. Don't over think it.
Yeah, my mind didn't go to that place where someone would purposely buy a sheet for the sole reason of deception. What world am I living in...
