I've searched the forum to see if there is anything I could find out but couldn't find a thing. The other day at the bank, the women sold me 30 dollars worth of $2 bills. Nothing really exciting in any of them but I noticed that 1 of the 1976 series bills had much smaller print for the serial number. When you compare this 1 bill against the other $2 bills, it's as if they used a much skinnier font to print on the bill. It's roughly 1/3 to 1/2 thinner than the same numbers on other bills. Is this normal for some of the bills? Thanks in advance
Yes, there are two different styles of serial numbers in the 1976 $2's. The BEP was upgrading its overprinting equipment at the time, so part of the series was printed on the old lines and part on the new lines. The older, thinner-looking serials are less common, but not scarce. (I think the Atlanta note with thin serials may fetch a very small premium, as it had only about 2.5 million printed; but there just aren't very many collectors who're actively looking to collect both varieties, so the premium is small even for this one.) See here for a bit more information on these....
Thank you, I appreciate it. It was so obvious when I was flipping through the bills that I had to find out what the deal was.
