Here are a few examples of overinking. [ATTACH] Check out the bank seal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No financial expert here, but tax wise I would expect these shows must provide some sort of tax deductible expenses for the dealers.
Purchased one (India) on eBay. The others were liberated from a LCS junk box of foreign coins.
What about "lines" caused by a poor metal mix in the planchet material. Aren't those lines also known as striations? I know they are commonly...
On the 20, if the 2 was a 3 this note would be a repeated, a radar, and a binary. Close but no cigar.
You can buy these "training" notes in all denominations up to $100 on eBay. The ones I have seen have much larger Chinese character on both sides....
A true radar note including prefix and suffix.
A wet ink transfer?
Why aren't there corresponding weak areas on the opposite side if so much metal is "pushed" into the cud?
Is this not also a misaligned die?
Entry post Not a saddle strike! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for the update on the new LEPE lines. I did not know that information when I posted. Where can I read up on this process?
What is called the third printing is actually two printing. The first part is printing the treasury seal and the serial numbers while the second...
I find that soaking the bill in water, then streaming it with an iron between two pieces if cloth, then pressing it in the pages of a book to dry...
Would not all off center errors also result in a misaligned serial number and seal?
At the Watching Hills Coin Club in New Jersey, aside from the typical minutes reading, treasures report, new/old business, etc., we do have...
How do NIFC half dollars get into circulation? Are they busted out of mint sets or do some leak out of the mint?
Similar picture to the Cuba note appears on the Cuba Company Bond. [ATTACH]
I believe that the runs are printed in reverse order, that is the lower serial numbers would be the last ones printed. This makes the straps easy...
More money can be made by selling these punched out coins (typically $.50) than by remelting the scrap.
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