The Black Out Note

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  1. DUNK 2

    DUNK 2 Well-Known Member

    This is interesting!

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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Interesting.. But where does it state it is unique?
     
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  4. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    I believe Executive Currency has this note. I saw an email today pass through my inbox.
     
  5. DUNK 2

    DUNK 2 Well-Known Member

    It is Executive Currency. It can be yours for just $19,500!
     
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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    A test note that was probably smuggled out of the printing and engraving office.
     
  7. Numbers

    Numbers Senior Member

    If that were the case, it wouldn't have serial numbers and seals. Somehow a sheet from an inking test stayed in the production stream and went through COPE.

    That suggests that at least fifteen more of these things exist, by the way....
     
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  8. DUNK 2

    DUNK 2 Well-Known Member

    Here’s another one. Not as reasonably priced. ;)
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  9. CR Wallace

    CR Wallace New Member

    "Flooded field" test notes.
    Settle down, that's where my knowledge stops. ha
    I have no idea why these are done in the printing process, but I DO know that occasionally the grading companies will simply label some as "ink smears" which tend to go for much less. Usually you see these with green ink, the black being much more rare. And the underlying print and contour are normally visible as in the examples shown.
     
  10. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I suggest you look at the note the OP posted and read the fine print PCGS Curreny printed under the grade. This is standard practice for test notes.
     
  11. Numbers

    Numbers Senior Member

    It's standard practice to test the inking by printing a sheet from a plate that's inked but not wiped. It's *not* standard practice to send that sheet through the subsequent steps of the production process to give it serials and seals and cut it down to single notes. (Which is why PCGS also labelled the note an "error".)
     
  12. CR Wallace

    CR Wallace New Member

    But wouldn't it be easier just to let it run all the way through the process (till the cutting point) rather than halting everything after the first printing which this is a test of. This note is incredible because of the embossing showing the entire design of the plate clearly, which I imagine is the point of the test.
    As for cutting, these are cut the same way any flood test is (consequently the same manner in which they reach your hands): sneaky employees.
     
  13. CR Wallace

    CR Wallace New Member

    PS - Whatever the circumstance and reason for its existence may be... that note is pretty damn incredible.
     
  14. harley bissell

    harley bissell Well-Known Member

    I just LOVE learning new technical grading terms that are invented by TPGs. In this case I believe this is the first time I have seen anything graded as ALMOST NEW.
    So descriptive and impressive. I think I'll run out and have all of my ALMOST NEW 2016 one dollar bills graded. I wonder what that pile of non information will cost?
     
  15. montynj3417

    montynj3417 Active Member

    Yes! So cool, to learn about such oddball items.
     
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