During my bankrun today, a bank employee went to her SD box and got out some of her collection to show me. A roll of S mint halves and ikes and a 1999 (i believe. maybe 2000something, but not any older than 1999) $5 with blue serial #'s and seal. Best pic I could come up with with camera/phone. Any idea of value? Thanks
as far as i know they didnt print any blue seals on any new designed notes. i think that one is victim to being washed or bleached or treated with some kind of chemical to create this color change. more that likely it is post printing alteration. i could be wrong though. just my .02
Interesting eBay item with a similar "error" http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250322370411
Something happened to it. The last Blue serial numbers and seals I know of were in the 1950s. Those I believe were the Silver Certs.
I have a book that has a section on fake error notes and it states that some current US notes are encountered with some shade of blue or yellow. It goes on to say that no modern U.S. paper money has yet been printed with the wrong color of ink. The change in color can be traced to bleach or alkali. The book was publish in 2001. Lou
thats pretty much what i thought. that guy on ebay is out of his mind. i wont beleive it until it was graded by a TPG
Getting here a little late Nooost but I have to agree...there has been no modern currency printed with a "blue ink".....a chemical reaction with the ink has taken place somewhere along the line. A good experiment for you is to take a Black ink and swab it lightly with some 70% IPA you will see the ink diluting. I am not sure what was used on the note but there was something for sure. SGR
RB/SGR What is IPA, I would like to make one of these for myself. The blue/grey seal/serials look great.
Iso-propyl alcohol, probably. I found a note on ha that is certified and has the same colors as the note on ebay. Maybe someone can swab some $1's with different stuff and see if the green turns blue without any damage or smearing to the note. I think the ink may rarely get contaminated or mixed wrong at the press.
