Embossing like this is a normal result of the intaglio printing process. But it does tend to flatten out pretty quickly once a note gets into...
I'm not sure where you're looking, but 2003 $5 stars were printed for Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco (and not Dallas). This serial...
The person posting on the other site appears not to know what he's talking about; he also says that a bill with all four corners torn off is no...
For example, this link seems to have been making the rounds lately. Good timing, that.... :cool:
I don't think gold certificates were ever actually demonetized; you just had to trade them in for other currency. They're still worth face value...
Only thing I know that might fit would be these 'A' varieties. But if that's what we're talking about, then all observed 1928 $1 USNs use the...
While many of these suggestions have probably happened from time to time, I'm guessing that most of the uncut-sheet notes in circulation probably...
Them and every other note the U.S. has ever printed. Unlike some (most?) countries, the U.S. never demonetizes its obsolete notes. You might...
To answer the original question: 409,600,000. That's the lowest total for a $5 in decades, but still not exactly scarce, especially since it was...
I know nothing about old Russian notes, but...two letters and three digits would allow for rather few possible combinations. Therefore, my...
They didn't print them the modern way; that only goes back to the '50s. Exactly how they did print them is only partially known. There were 12...
On the back side of the note, toward the bottom right, there should be a small number. It identifies the particular printing plate that was used...
On a circulated note, it may very well be just wear or fading of some kind...but I guess it's theoretically possible that you've got a minor...
It varies a bit by denomination--the $10 and $20 are particularly tight on space--but minor overlaps between the serials and the intaglio printing...
We need to be careful about terminology, though. Part of the reason some people don't see what's interesting about short runs is that some people...
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