Misprint $1

That was supposed to say I've never collected paper money. Lol

 

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Unfortunately it is. Still a keeper I’d say but it’s not genuine.

 

Thank you so much! So you think only the error part is fake?

 

Yeah, likely just printed onto the dollar. Not worth counterfeiting a dollar bill.

 

I don't know anyone that would fake a $1 bill lol.It would cost quite a bit more than it's worth,I'm still looking for one though .

 

I knew a guy in highschool that printed his own $1 notes at home. Side by side you could tell a difference but the vending machines and change machines couldn't.

All it cost him was a little time, printer ink and the cost of that fancy resume printer paper.

I used to have a 4 note page he gave me at school one day. He said he could print $1k for around $40...

With all the security cameras around now you'd never get away with it today, lol.

Edit: Oh yeah, something else I remembered about them was the reverse was always inverted from the face. No idea if it was intentional or not, lol

 

Printers are programed to prevent counterfeiting nowadays. If you try to scan any denomination bill, it wont allow it. I think it puts lines through it or something so its obvious that its not real.

 

The dollar is real the front printed on the back of the dollar is not. Someone tried to create their own error. What you see on the back of the bill is all wrong.

 

I didn't know that. I'm going to have to try it out on the scanner at work now, lol.

 

@Leahred1967 I knew I had this somewhere. Check this against yours and you should see what I mean. The ink colors on the front are printed in three different runs. Washington looks to the right, not the left. The serial number on yours is not on the front as compared to the serial number showing on the back. The letters are backwards on a wet ink transfer and yours are not. Hopes this helps you understand the differences.

 

Here is a real partial front to back wet ink transfer that is similar to yours. Notice the “‘serve note” (part of “federal reserve note” from the front) printed at the top is backwards.

 

Not one dollar bills.

 

Sorry, I couldn’t remember all the specifics.

With how much printer ink costs though, it wouldn’t be worth it to counterfeit a dollar

 

Almost 30 years ago it cost him $40 for every $1,000 he printed.

No idea what printer ink cost now, I haven't had a printer or even a scanner in close to 20 years but you can buy a ream of cheap cotton blend resume paper for around $25. At 4 notes per sheet ink would have to be really expensive to not turn a "profit".

He started out selling them as fancy serial collection filters @ 2 for $1. I guess he figured he could (literally) make more counterfeiting, lol.

Last I heard about him he was in prison 10-12 years ago for something, can't remember what for.

 

I trust that his counterfeits were at least of better quality than this.

 

It's been a really long time but from what I remember the boarder details weren't very clear on his either.

 

Some things don't seem/feel right. 1. The numbers are not right off the offset. 1st the # K05085408A. Now, look at the offset #. The # on the back starts with K31? 8 or 9 So. I was a printer of hard type, linotype, offset so this is ?. This would have to be some type of direct transfer. Could be that a sheet was caught and run later. The numbers of the transfer are so far apart.