Ok, this will be my first time posting photos. Here are the 3 error notes that I own. The $1 I bought probably over 5 years ago for $50. I don't remember where I got the $5, so I am guessing I got it out of circulation. The $20 I got from my wife's uncle who said it was only worth $20 to him. Would all three notes be considered overprinting errors? How much are they worth? (I don't plan on selling them). http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/mxfuel/Money/IMG_18071.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/mxfuel/Money/IMG_18061.jpg
Use the last option in the list below your pic on photo bucket. The one marked with IMG in brackets. Copy that and paste it into your post. Nice errors btw!.
Very nice errors! I will let the experts respond as I have no idea what they're worth! The $20 is a killer looking note! :thumb:
Amazing errors! I have never found any in circulation or at my local shops. My sister got one working at the bank but refuses to sell it to me. It's a $20 missing third overprints in XF!! As for yours, I'd assume that they would be worth at least 10-15x face, but I'm not that knowledgeable on errors, so take my word with a grain of salt...:yes:
I second that. As many of these types as i have seen on forums, i can never tell the real ones from the fake ones. Take the $5 and the $20 - the $5 has its image transffer in reverse. The $20 doesnt. I would think the $20 woule have recieved its image directly from the printing plate. I would also assume the $5 might have gotten its from a seperate wet note. As i said though... i never can tell these errors from the not-truely-error-errors..... Where are Numbers, lettow or the other smarty's that know these things so easily and readily lol
I also agree that they appear to be genuine. I do not dabble much in errors, so I cannot commet as to their value.
What you have here are called "offset transfer" errors. Specifically, the $1 has a partial back-to-face offset, and the other two have partial face-to-back offsets. (The "overprint" is the last stage of printing which adds the serial numbers and seals; that's not what's affected here.) These errors are caused when one sheet of currency paper gets folded before it goes through the intaglio press. Some of the ink intended for that sheet then ends up on the backing that presses the sheets against the printing plate. And when the next sheet comes along, that extra ink gets transferred to the wrong side of that sheet, forming a backward image of part of the note design. Not sure what you're looking at here--the black ink on the back of the $20 clearly shows TWENTY DOLL... in reverse. As for genuineness, nobody can definitively authenticate the notes just from these photos, but I don't see any obvious red flags.
