Excellent article! I watched a documentary about this a few years ago. The scene that stuck in my mind was where a room full of workers were...
It's actually called plating split doubling. It's very common on post 1982 cents. http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/OtherFormsOfDoubling.htm
Ditto.
French State 1943 1 franc coin - aluminum made from 1942 - 1944. Worth about a dollar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France
A thread with a similar coin from a couple of months ago: http://www.cointalk.com/t123974/
.....or close to it.
Pre 1954, the notes were replaced with identical number notes. After that the replacements were identified with an asterisk preceding the serial...
Nice notes! This is an example of an off center serial number (not mine. It's on ebay for sale.): [IMG]
Thanks for the information. I have my homework cut out for me.
Probably sat in a bottle of Coke for a while.
Those are really cool! I've looked at them as well but have sprung for any yet. Btw, remember this?: http://www.cointalk.com/t90913/
Zero. Nada. It's not an error. It's been cut that way from a sheet. You can tell by the serial numbers. A lot of those oddball cutting errors on...
There were "devil's head" replacement notes. Extremely rare.
Nope. No pics at all.
The one's to find are the replacement bills with an asterisk. If this $20 had had an asterisk, it would have been worth a couple of thousand dollars.
Here's some info on it. Eventually it was re-done and the notes were then called "modified". http://www.agencetopo.qc.ca/devilface/eng.html
Yep, it's a devil's head. Value about $40 to $50 in that condition.
40,000,000 printed.
Very common but you see them on ebay all the time. I kept one as an example. For it to be collectible it has to be much more out of alignment or...
I have a Canadian cent with the same time of error. Should be unique because the crud is usually grease/dirt etc. and wouldn't last for more than...
Separate names with a comma.