I got this last week at work, it came from a business that received it sent it to the USSS per instructions, then got it back and exchanged it for a new bill. It's stamped "Genuine Mutilated" I don't know if it qualifies as an error or not, but I think it's pretty neat. Slightly shorter and quite a bit wider, the bottom is cut very choppy. John
That is a very cool piece! Definately worth more than a dollar just for the conversation starter. I would put that under a glass table top on a coffee table.
Not an error--it was cut from one of the uncut sheets that the BEP sells to the public. In Series 1981, any serial above 99840000 is from an uncut sheet. This note, with plate position E1, would come from the top row of the sheet; hence the wide top margin and the big black alignment mark or whatever it is. Surprisingly enough, it's not too uncommon for the sheets to be cut up and spent: sometimes they end up in the hands of someone who doesn't realize they have collectible value; sometimes a collector just gets desperate for cash; sometimes they're deliberately used as wrapping paper or some such thing(!). Whoever cut this one up did quite a messy job of it, though....
I'd still call it a keeper, even after bearing in mind that it isn't a genuine BEP printing error. It's old. It's a high serial number. And it's unique.:yes: -tbud
Just a question - How do you know that it was stamped by the Secret Service? I have not run into one of these before and I didn't see it on the note. Maybe I missed that though...
No I don't work for the USSS. There wasn't a stamp on it before it was sent, when it came back it had the stamp. I was figuring it was probably from an uncut sheet, I didn't know why the bottom would be so jaggedy otherwise. Thanks guys John
Well I work for the BATF! So everybody get on the floor! "I WANT TO SEE HANDS, and that includes you Tbud! I want to see those hands pronto"! J/k Believe it or not, I saw a program that showed the folks that check money with a big magnifier on their desk. A lot of the stuff they were checking was counterfeit money coming in from SE Asia! I guess people over here have friends overseas mail the funny money to their homes in the states. Anyways the US Marshals were sent out, dressed up as a UPS driver, and busted the guy. I sort of miss the printing on the backs of large currency, where it states yada yada will be sentenced to HARD LABOR! I think being on a chain gang for five years digging ditches, where you serve no less than 80% of your sentence would make these bad guys think twice about making or receiving funny money. Look at what civility got us? A slap on the hand, and back to the printing press, and stealing peoples identity for beer money! errrr
