I got these at a bank a couple of weeks ago, consecutive 2003 A's. All have bled through or transferred ink on them. How much of this is within BEP tolerances? Can they be a lot worse and pass muster?
I don't know but it doesn't look severe enough to me to warrant a premium. I'm not a paper guy so hopefully one chimes in.
I don't think there is a premium for any of the bills shown. Some one might say that there is a premium.
I'm not asking about a premium. I just wanted to know where the line between scrap and sell is for the BEP.
Surely there are guidelines for employees at the BEP to follow in determining what gets cleared for release and what doesn't. The line between scrap and sell could be subjective in that it is possible it depends on individual BEP employees whose job it is to visually inspect new notes after they have been printed. I would imagine that some inspection employees may be more picky than others. Given the volume of notes printed, I suspect a lot of the inspection is done by computers these days. The likely best way to answer your question is if you could somehow get in contact with a BEP employee who is involved in this area of work. There was or perhaps still is someone on the www.wheresgeorge.com forums who worked for the BEP in the 1970's but I'd imagine his knowledge of this topic is less than current.
