Here’s my latest buy. An Offset Printing Error graded by PMG as Very Fine with a point system of 25. Most of the front is also printed on the back of the note. It’s a series 1988-A on a Twenty Dollar bill.
I do have a few others with the same error but this is my first twenty dollar note. I’ll check to see if I have any of the others.
Here ya go @fretboard, I found one of them. The front of the note also appears on the back of the note. It’s almost a complete copy off the front on the back. Very nice to see in hand.
Your 20 note looks like a back cylinder strike as the stock folded over. The note's second image is very dark with nice detail. To me it's not an offset error. I'd call it a, in line press error. 45 years a Pressman.
Nice errors @Collecting Nut & @Mountain Man !! Here's my favourite Offset printing error: the front of the 1979 Bank of Canada $20.00: and the reverse, with the error (note how every thing is inverted). This would be considered a 75% or more offset error. On a side note: I sold all my large denominations (Fifties & One Hundreds) to buy the above note about 25 years ago. Glad I did!
-Thanks man! I appreciate it. I bought it "raw" & was happy that it got an AU58 "Original" designation after I submitted it to our BCS (Banknote Certification Services). Original is like "EPQ" here in Canada & our guy is really conservative.
@Jersey magic man Could you please explain what a "in line press error" is and how it occurs? The term "in line" is often used when operating any press. Mainly it's used to describe how any multi unit press will run the requested features (such as perferation's, scoring, spot varnish) the job requires. "The job requires, a score, in line, using the 4th unit". In your case you can see that the image was transfered with the same amount needed as if it were a blanket to sheet using the smooth, clean, back cylinder for the strike as the sheets are running at 15,000 an hr. Sometimes a sheet could stick to the back cylinder folding over the sheet. We call that dog ears. Stop the press and clean the back cylinder or the next sheet through will print something like the error you have. The lighter images could be just plain old offset triggered by using too much water (chemistry) during the run. And then this happens, LUNCH ! Someone is using the just printed skid as a seat to eat his lunch. The only way that could have came out like that, is to me, In-line.
