Hello everyone... I'm new to the forums as you can tell by my post count... I'm not an Expert at coins/paper money at all so I would like if you can tell me if this is an Error. The Dollar bill looked like it was stamped too hard and ended up on the back... look at the pics and you will see what I'm talking about. I have many other 1920's - 1950's bills and I have not stumbled upon another. Thanks alot - Jasinski :thumb:
Embossing like this is a normal result of the intaglio printing process. But it does tend to flatten out pretty quickly once a note gets into circulation, so if the other notes in your collection aren't in such high grade, then that might explain why this is the only one that looks this way.
Alrighty, thank you alot. I do have 32 1920's-1950's Bills... I would say a good third of them are High grades... and I have never seen one of them having these marks... I mean I believe you. Is it rare to see these? and how much would you put the bill to be worth... anyone know? Or should I take it up to the What's it worth section?
newbie question I notice the star is at the beginning of the Serial # , when did they start to put the star at the end of the serial # ? thanks kona
It's not a question of *when*; it depends on what type of currency you're looking at. When star notes were first introduced in 1910, the star went at the beginning of the serial number. But that didn't work on Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes (introduced in 1914 and 1915 respectively), because in those cases the first letter of the serial *means* something--it identifies which Fed district issued the note. So the FRNs and FRBNs got the star at the end of the serial instead, but all the other types continued to have it at the beginning. Of course, since 1971 the FRNs are the only type of currency printed, so nowadays you only ever see stars at the end....
