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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1666639, member: 11668&quot;]It&#039;s just paper shrinkage.&nbsp; Remember, the paper was dampened before the back printing and then dried, and then dampened again before the face printing and then dried again.&nbsp; Small variations in the size of the printing are common for this reason, since not every sheet shrunk by exactly the same amount after being printed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The above applies to all notes printed prior to the 32-subject sheets.&nbsp; All of the 32-subject printings, from Series 1957 onward, have been printed by the dry intaglio process, so this sort of thing doesn&#039;t happen any more.&nbsp; (That&#039;s why all the designs were re-engraved when the 32-subject printings started--they had to make all the engravings a bit smaller to compensate for the fact that the notes didn&#039;t shrink after printing any more.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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