Good evening everyone. I have a couple of interesting bills that i came across, may be someone can tell me what it might be. This $2 is in pretty good shape besides a light center fold. The camera isn't out of focus it really is very crisp on the outside and faded towards the middle. the black just looks under-inked. The green is on a fainter side but not nearly as faded as the black. Other things: #1 There is a faint outline of ARKANSAS above the serial number, faint but recognizable, it's also not mirrored #2 and #5 you can see doubling. #2 is faint but follows the design while #5 is crisp second line. #3,4,6 some additional lines, looks like the date and left serial is in a little box. Any ideas? (sorry I am still an idiot when it comes to the errors) And this one has some misalignment issues, not serious but on 2 of the prints.
The faded 2003A $2 is cut from a sheet issued to the public. This note had a previous life, as a novelty note: Although I haven't owned such a note, I believe it's a sticker. Perhaps someone pulled it off and it took some ink with it. The other possibility is the note was washed. The way the note is faded does not indicate an error unfortunately. The letter "K" on the left, designating the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is part of the 3rd printing. If the 3rd printing was under-inked, the "11" numbers in black would be under-inked too. The portrait of Thomas Jefferson and the word "TWO" on the right are part of the 2nd printing (face). The face was printed some time before the 3rd printing on an entirely different machine. Since both are faded, this indicates to me that the inks were affected after it was printed. The other 1976 $2 is a minor misalignment error.
Thank you very much for the explanations. It makes sense. Is the misaligned bill worth anything more than $2 in such a rough shape?
