I saw a listing earlier today on ebay that featured a poorly centered note as an error and clearly stated the off centering was the error, no other reason. Now I know, if you believe everything on ebay I'll take a picture of the local bridge and list it for sale. But I am inexperienced enough to need to ask some of the more knowledgable members here for some input on the matter. My thoughts are poorly centered notes are a downgrade not considered an error or anything "special". It made me think of 5 examples that I have although crisp and probably around AU to uncirculated, they are poorly centered notes and I have 5 consecutive $1 silver cert 1935F stars all with the same poor centering. I had assumed these to be of lower value and bid accordingly and just happened to buy these notes about 1 1/2 months ago for approx $12 each including shipping. Please review the pic and if it helps I can post all 5 to show the consistent poor centering. I am happy with the notes as they are stars and consecutive #'s but am curios about poor centering and how it affects grade.
your thoughts are correct! Poorly centered notes are usually considered a negative. That is, or fourse, untilt he off centering cuts into the design. the main point here, however, is that it is SO VERY important to remember DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYTHING AN EBAY SELLER SAYS the vast majority of them sell worthless items for a hyped up buck or two. if you ever have a question ... PLEASE ask us here about it. But remember - dont give links to an items since this is a public forum, and a passerbyer might see the link and steal the item :thumb:
