Magman... you are correct, however that does not really denote from the grading that much. The "F" is somewhat slanted as well. I like the "y" in Henry entering the man's Title! These come along once in a while....all I need now is the $100 fro the complete set! Thanks for stopping by everyone! RickieB
I love the 1950E series. Very scarce. With the signature combos (Granahan/Fowler) the same as 1963A were they printing both at the same time for a while? (1950D corresponds with 1963 as well, Granahan/Dillon). Absolutely lovely note!!
Nice note Richie , that's when you could actually buy something nice for $5 and money looked like real money , Thanks for sharing . rzage
yes i love the 1950 E series. its great there are so few districts that made them. i also need the $100 to finish the set. have you found any stars yet???? oh by the way sweeeet note. lol you know that though. enjoy:hail:
Yep. The 1950-dated notes were printed on the BEP's older 18-subject-sheet wet-intaglio presses, while the 1963-dated notes were printed on the then-new 32-subject-sheet dry-intaglio presses. The two different sheet sizes required different serial numbering conventions, so during the transition period when both types of presses were in use, the BEP just used completely separate series years and serial sequences for the two styles. That's why Series 1950E is so scarce: by the time the Granahan-Fowler signatures came along, almost all of the old presses had been retired, so the vast majority of Granahan-Fowler notes were 1963A (from the new presses) rather than 1950E (from the old presses). Incidentally, the BEP is now in the process of replacing those now-aging 32-subject presses with spiffy new models that'll be able to print even larger 50-subject sheets. This time around, though, they're designing the new presses to be capable of handling the current 32-subject size sheets as well. That way, they can just keep printing everything in sheets of 32 until they've finished installing *all* the new presses, and then make the changeover to the new sheet size all at once. So we won't have to deal with the confusion of two different series designations running concurrently....
ah ok. I know margins can affect the grade, so I wasn't sure if serial number alignment could too. Thanks
The cool thing about these 1950-E notes is they were printed during the same time the 1963 notes were being printed. The difference and the reason the 1950-E notes were still being printed is they were being printed on leftover stocks of wet process paper, whereas the 1963 notes were printed using the newer dry printing process.
