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<p>[QUOTE="PezDspncr, post: 1228931, member: 32197"]Okay so I looked at it much closer and I think it's real and here's why. I think the sheet shifted during pressing of this particular row. See the photos below. </p><p> </p><p>There doesn't appear to be any rough spots on the bill where the seal should be or where the top left "5" should be. There are, however, three small ink dots where the top three points of the seal should be and then a faint smear downwards towards where the seal ended up. The top three points of the printed seal appear slightly fainter than the surrounding points which makes sense if those points had already started to be pressed when the sheet shifted. The second photo focuses on the right portion of the bill where the other two "5"s should be. I believe in this photo you can clearly see that the top "5" started to print and then a faint smear down to where the "5" ended up. </p><p> </p><p>My question, these bills are printed by a rolling press right? So, if the sheet shifted when the roller arrived at the last row as I believe is evident from the smearing then you wouldn't see the previous rows "5" on the upper portion of this bill as they would have printed in their correct location. Anyone agree?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]130840.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]130841.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PezDspncr, post: 1228931, member: 32197"]Okay so I looked at it much closer and I think it's real and here's why. I think the sheet shifted during pressing of this particular row. See the photos below. There doesn't appear to be any rough spots on the bill where the seal should be or where the top left "5" should be. There are, however, three small ink dots where the top three points of the seal should be and then a faint smear downwards towards where the seal ended up. The top three points of the printed seal appear slightly fainter than the surrounding points which makes sense if those points had already started to be pressed when the sheet shifted. The second photo focuses on the right portion of the bill where the other two "5"s should be. I believe in this photo you can clearly see that the top "5" started to print and then a faint smear down to where the "5" ended up. My question, these bills are printed by a rolling press right? So, if the sheet shifted when the roller arrived at the last row as I believe is evident from the smearing then you wouldn't see the previous rows "5" on the upper portion of this bill as they would have printed in their correct location. Anyone agree? [ATTACH]130840.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]130841.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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