http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-1-EXTRA-LO...520?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33680f3660 It looks like someone cut it from an uncut sheet. The only way to authenticate would be straight from the mint, but wouldn't they have destroyed it? I don't understand... can anyone learn me something new today??
I would be very surprised it it were a real BEP error. As you noted, Federal Reserve Notes are sold in uncut sheets by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/beptestsheets.aspx so it seems like anyone could create an "instant error" just by overextending a cut to an adjacent note. By the way-- the Mint doesn't produce notes-- the Bureau of Engraving and Printing does, at its facilities in Washington DC and Fort Worth, Texas.
hehe yeah I know I just was all flabbergasted over such an obvious (at least to me) crook and was wondering if there was worry over compromised paper TPG "slabs" or whatever. Not much experience here with TPG notes. Mine I get from the bank, usually circulated but occasionally wrapped in BEP bands. Maybe reading the thread on Chinese counterfeits has me paranoid a little but this seemed too blatant to be fake, yet there was someone willing to pay like $299 for it. BEP wouldn't have even been able to make such a cutting error, right?
Given the way the notes are cut and then stacked, I don't understand how such an error could have been made at the BEP: http://www.ehow.com/about_6773022_paper-money-information.html
My only reservation with saying that this is a fake error, would be the serial number. Typically, notes that are sold in uncut sheets, have serials starting with "99" (it can go as low as "96" for other denominations). This note comes up on http://www.uspapermoney.info/ as being a regular, circulation production note, from the K-D block. The only notes that were sold in uncut sheets, for Dallas, were from the K-A block, and (as mentioned above) have serials starting with "99". So, as unlikely as it may seem, this note note looks legit.
I agree....a legit error note. CGA Currency Grading was one of the first TPG's grading currency, and had a turbulent time in it's existence, and has since changed hands and has been trying to mend it's reputation and catch up with PCGS and PMG. Currently it's the only one of the three that excepts submissions without having to pay yearly dues or membership fees. You can tell if the note was graded by the "old" CGA or "new" CGA by looking for a star on the back of the holder. The star signifies the NEW CGA Grading Company.
It's a good one! That's one that I'd like to have for my collection. Most of my cutting errors are top and bottom rather than side to side.
I'm not sure I could cut a piece of paper that bad if I tried! The person who cut the sheet must have used little grade school scissors to achieve the extraordinary bad cutting job.
