US currency, according to the BEP, is made up of 75% cotton, and 25% linen. There is no paper in "paper" US money. Paper is made from wood pulp.
Not paper, cotton.
From the pictures of the edges, it looks like a tapered planchette. That would explain the lack of detail. Just my opinion.
I have noticed that I am slowly using my credit card more and more. I think that having to go to the ATM or bank to get cash every week or so just...
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He is making bad joke based on the OP's physical appearance.
You call them pennies, we call them cents.
Would you be kind enough to discuss the cloth bed of the press in little more detail? It is my understanding that there is a cork layer beneath...
Never looked at bookends in that way before. Thanks.
It is very common for unscrupulous people to manufacture error notes. These include missing serial numbers, missing treasury seals, missing ink,...
It's a birth year note but I don't you will find anyone who wants it.
I am not sure what the OP means by bookends. If it were an error note bookends would be the serial number before and after the error. But for the...
If it is a 2013, there were 26,100,000 printed. And your run was 3,200,000 notes. Not worth over face. You can look these star notes up at...
Looks like it was hit with a metal punch or similar device. You can see the flattened outline on the reverse.
I am not sure what "bleed through" is. Typically what looks like part of the word one from the reverse on the obverse is nothing more than an ink...
Your bill is referred to as a repeated serial number, for obvious reasons. There are collectors of these notes, however condition is everything so...
I used a conundrum once...it didn't work!
Looks like an old steel paper clip made that stain on the 1956 year note. I would keep the star note and spend the rest. Unless you know someone...
I believe he is just showing us a bill that contains only two numbers. A binary. You don't come across them too often. Fun to collect but...
The better pictures only confirm what others are saying. Worn dies.
Separate names with a comma.
