What Krispy said. This is within tolerance at the BEP--if the BEP inspector saw this note, they'd let it through. That's why it's not an error....
But remember that fiscal years and series dates are basically uncorrelated. In fact, *none* of the $1's printed in FY2009 were dated 2009....
This is an Original Series note; the charter number wasn't added until Series 1875. The other main difference between the two is in the serial...
That wasn't the first introduction of microprinting, though. The first use was on the 1990 $100, and by Series 1993 everything from $5 upwards...
But after actually testing the different possibilities, the BEP concluded that raised tactile features on the notes actually helped the blind a...
I don't know exactly how common the knowledge is, but yes, it's a good thing to know. Even some U.S. currency was numbered this way (all...
Correct. Incorrect. Federal Reserve Notes are obligations of the US government, backed by the assets of the issuing Federal Reserve Bank....
Regarding the 2003 $2 stars: I was about to mention that a total of 10,000 notes were issued per district, 2000 in the sets and 8000 individually....
I think you're thinking of the wrong forum...that note turned up on the Where's George forums. See this thread. :cool:
Several of them are offered here, for example. Note that the usual serial number is 23456789, not 12345678.
For future reference, this is a *really* bizarre and rare error type. I'm pretty sure that all the examples I've ever seen have been 1976 $2's...
The black "L" seal and the district numbers "12" are part of the overprint, while the signatures, series date, plate number, and "The United...
That is 100%, no doubt about it, completely and totally fake. Somebody's got a good printer, too much spare time, and not enough conscience....
Coin World had an article about this some months ago.... I haven't got it in front of me, but if I remember correctly, it goes back to the...
I don't think it's even a bad alignment, really. Remember, the printed area on the face side of a note is larger than the printed area on the...
Total printage of the 1928 $1 USN was 1,872,012. The printing was originally ordered for the purpose of expanding the supply of currency in the...
I think the fiver from Wikipedia has this one pretty well covered, but just to add some information: The IR-vanishing stripe wasn't intended as a...
Yes, some of them *are* nonexistent: the Richmond and San Francisco printings are entirely COPE, so there are no (non-star) conventional notes for...
Not wear, but light. The old inks used in fountain pens weren't very lightfast. Sometimes you'll even see an uncirculated note with signatures...
Actually, yes: I keep one each 2c and (nickel) 3c in my change purse, mixed in with my coins for spending. (I avoid carrying dimes, so that I...
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