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<p>[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 2348822, member: 11668"]Not a transfer, just embossing. The face side is printed last, so any embossing of the back printing gets obliterated by the embossing of the face printing. In this case, we're looking at the shapes of the letters of "United States of America" from the front of the note, in reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also common on $1 notes, where people keep asking why so many brand-new notes have a "fingerprint" in the center of the back (it's actually the embossing of the ridges from Washington's coat).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 2348822, member: 11668"]Not a transfer, just embossing. The face side is printed last, so any embossing of the back printing gets obliterated by the embossing of the face printing. In this case, we're looking at the shapes of the letters of "United States of America" from the front of the note, in reverse. Also common on $1 notes, where people keep asking why so many brand-new notes have a "fingerprint" in the center of the back (it's actually the embossing of the ridges from Washington's coat).[/QUOTE]
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