Pete, There is a coin forum,and an error coin forum. Why not a paper money forum and an error paper money forum?
It is a minor "gas pump" error. It refers to the old days of mechanical wheel that showed the gallons and price on a gas pump. When you tank was...
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For some unknown reason I have stopped receiving emails of new posts. For a time I was getting two emails, now I am getting none. Is this...
After the bills are printed they are stacked. If the ink is nice and fresh it can sometimes transfer to the bill above it in the stack. That may...
You might also try: Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 1928 to Date (1995) by Dean Oakes and John Schwartz. I got mine on eBay.
Here is an interesting note. It is a star note (used to replace error notes in production) with a partial front to back offset printing error,...
I have posted this before somewhere. Only counter stamped I own. It has an anchor (or at least half an anchor) and the letters U and S. [ATTACH]
Very professional looking. Must be fairly time consuming. But the result looks wonderful.
I don’t think the appear would expand much, but putting the coin in the freezer might shrink it enough.
A little soap on the rim helps. Just kidding.
I take a photo of each coin, token,bill, etc. as I get them. I then put them into their appropriate album. However I never write down what I...
The serial number doesn't even have a town associated with the zip code (some people collect bills with serial numbers that match historical...
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For clarification, I am talking about the first note shown in this thread. The difference in length between a gutter fold and normal not depends...
I don’t know what the rules for grading are. If I think a note is interesting I will haggle over the price until I reach a reasonable price. The...
If it was folded over before the strike I would expect the “n” to be a bit bolder. Maybe circulation just wore it down.
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Here is another type of star note that needs its own star note. [ATTACH]
The only book ends I am acquainted with are the notes before and after (in serial number sequence) an error note from the BEP.
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