Misaligned 1974 $1 bill

Hi folks,

I recently found a 1974 $1 bill that's printed off-center front and back. On the front, the left side of the bill goes off the margin. The right margin is more than 1/4 inch wide. On the back, the left and bottom margins are wider than the top and right, and it's slightly skewed -- up more on the right. Is this unusual? Worth any more than face value?

 

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Images would help greatly....


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Am trying but the system says my files are too large. Hmmmm. Will have to figure out how to make them smaller. (Any hints would be helpful!) Thanks...

 

Welcome!

In your photo software, reduce your image size to about 650 pixels wide. Give that a try.

 

Welcome to CT! :smile

Open a free account on Photobucket.com and you can store images that you can control from there, drop the image code for the image in the body of your post here on CT.

Also, if you are into Paper Money, check out the CT forums for paper too!

 

Worked -- thanks.

 

thats not bad...definetly keep. no clue on value or rarity

 

Thx. I'm new at this ... and enjoy looking at paper money.

 

Wait for some of the experts to post again, it may be worth a pretty penny!

 

Because of the condition, I would estimate it to be worth about $75. Nice find!

 

What luck. Where would I go to find out if anyone is interested in it?

 

Thats pretty cool

 

You might like to have it authenticated by PMG or PCGS, but there is a price for doing that. While it costs money and time, it may help prospective buyers trust your note is authentic and sell for higher as many errors on notes have been fakes and appear on eBay, which is one place you might also consider selling your note, certified or uncertified. You could also take your note to a coin shop, particularly one that may deal in paper currency, and see what offer they give you.

I like to offer this site for looking at examples of error notes on sale, but the dealer, who lists a lot of these notes on eBay really marks them up quite high. But you can take a look to see what sort of errors exist and how the more dramatic / significant the error appears the more it seems to drive up values. I'll also say that condition and rarity of the note, it's SN, etc, all the factors one normally considers for grading a note, must be taken into consideration for the gradable value along with the error factor on price.

One other alternative to selling is using CoinTalk's own forum to list items for sale, however there are not that many Paper folks on CT so you may find that you have a smaller buyer market here.

Good luck and let us know how you make out if you decided to sell it. :thumb:

 

COOL FIND! Congrats!