I was wondering about offset inking errors and need opinions. I picked up a strap of 100 $1 dollar bills that are in order and everyone of them have offset inking some a little more extreme than the one in the photo some a little less. My question is are these too minor to carry a premium or should I save them? I'm sorry the photo's arent better im using an old cellphone camera, ill see if I can find someone with a scanner if needed. The front of the bill you can see the O and E from the word one a few of them you can see a little of the great seal and the back you can see some of Washington's collar and the part that reads federal reserve note design. Im still new to paper money especially errors and all the info I can find from google only list major offset inking so im not sure whether I should bother saving these. Any opinions are appreciated thank you.
also it seems several of them have ink smears on the serial numbers probably too minor as well but I thought I would add that.
What you are seeing is not offset transfer inking but bleed through from the face of the note. As others have said, it is very common. I would still keep 001 - 010 and 100.
The 001 note is a "COPE-Chatter" note. When the packaging is complete for the COPE stack, it vibrates (machine vibration) and sometimes makes slight contact leaving some green ink marks on the numerals and the black FRN seal. Only found on the 001 note...
Ok thanks everyone, I didnt know for sure if that would be offset inking but it was the only thing coming up when I searched google at least now I know. I was crossing my fingers it be worth a little but I kinda had a feeling that it would be to common...oh well still searching
I agree with lettow and Dollarsavr. As an error note collector, these ink transfers are minor and are not in the category of an offset error.
Much more likely a slight transfer from the next sheet, when the sheets were stacked before the ink was fully dry. As thick as the ink used for intaglio printing is, it doesn't really soak into the paper, so it can't really bleed through a sheet. Look at notes with major ink smears--half of the front side can be a solid black blob, but the ink still doesn't bleed through to the back.
