Hey guys, maybe this is a dumb question but I couldn't find any info about it. And maybe I just don't know what to search for, lol. I got these 2 notes today in my taco bell change, grilled cheese burritos are awesome btw. The serials are almost sequential but the thing that confuses me is that the front and reverse plate positions and numbers are identical. I've gotten sequential bills before with ascending plate positions/numbers but never with identical plate positions/numbers. So my question is how do these have serial numbers 1 off but identical plates and how does that happen?
I agree! Too technical for us Coin people. BTW, Making Mexican food at home is better for you. Stop eating that drive-thru "poison". You will thank me later.
In my younger days..my travels thoughout Mexico I learned hard boiled eggs and beer was the meals of the day....por que? Both are boiled 212 f degrees should kill most things that make you go...... or explode...
The notes are from different sheets that were printed, serial numbered, stacked on top of one another and cut into packs of 100.
It's nice to not have to cook at home now and then and I had an evening meeting I had to go to. It seems like everything is bad for us now and poison. Apparently even my salad has dangerous pesticides and my water has chemicals from the plastic. Lol
Huh, guess I didn't realize the serial numbers could be so close together on two completely different sheets. I would have expected the serial number ending in 71 to be in the F5 position following placement order like every other consecutive serial notes I've had before. I was kind of under the impression that the serial counter moved up one digit for each consecutive note printed lol.
The serial numbers are printed highest serial number first and counts backwards so that the serial #1 ends up on top when they cut them into packs.
As Steve said, notes are on sheets that are stacked, then cut, not cut, then stacked. your consecutive number is in the same plate position on every note in a strap pack.
You're right, I was thinking about the front plate serial number, lol. Those are the digits I've never seen the same in consecutive notes. I had some sequential notes the other day and they all had different front plate numbers. Let me see if I kept them, lol
That's pretty interesting. I really need to look into the printing process because I'm completely lost on stuff like this. I just thought it was odd and I knew someone here would know the answer lol.
Those aren't plate position numbers, those are plate numbers. There should be 3 repeating plate numbers on consecutive notes such as yours. The plate numbers on the reverse will do the same.
Hopefully this will help. Engraved printing plates have either 50 notes ingraved on them or 32 notes ingraved on them. Every note on that plate will have the same plate number. What is different is the position of that note on the plate. There are 3 plates installed on the printing plate roller. For every revolution of the roller, three sheets are printed. That is how there are 3 different plate numbers in consecutive notes. If there is an issue with a printed sheet, that sheet will be removed from the stack and evidence of this is where you will see the cadence in the 3 plate numbers skip a beat. Your notes show that. Star notes are used for replacing damaged printed sheets only after the serial numbers are printed on the notes. They keep the count on the notes coinciding with the serial numbers in a stack. Serial numbers in a strap of 100 notes begin with 01 and end with 00.
Thanks for the info. Every thing I can learn helps. I had just never seen identical plate numbers on sequential notes I've got from circulation before and from the very little I knew about the printing process I was confused, lol. Or I guess I should say what I thought I knew, lol
32 note sheets? See I didn't even know that, I thought BEP only did 50 note sheets on the $1 now. Lol
