I love chop marks. Never too many. Imagine all the merchant's hands that this has passed through. This is a well-traveled dollar that did its...
I personally like to see lots of chop marks. Proves the coin did its intended job.
Hard to tell since we can't see the left side of the reverse. It could be a shifted first printing with a gutter fold. Clearer full pictured would...
Here is a nice gutter fold on a star note. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Beware of front to back ink transfers that are not certified. Today's printers can make thee look very authentic. Fortunately, these printers have...
I have one of these from 1975 also. Must have been a bad year at the mint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have one of these also. it also is a 1975. Must have been a bad year at the mint.
So hard to find these serial number types in circulation, but they are out there.
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...
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