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Message:: [QUOTE="Zeplyn, post: 1089820, member: 28776"]USS656 Ok I just had to know so here is what I found out.On the 4th issue of these notes there was different papers used in an attempt to deter counterfieting. A watermarked paper was used but it was found to make the paper weak and resulted in a very short life expectancy of the note, thus leading to the use of an unwater marked paper.Also as mentioned the strips of blue fibers was used and applied between the 2 layers of paper. The resulting effect is the blue stained end you see in varing degrees. What is interesting is this, the original layout of the sheets is said to have been as follows, embedded between the sheets a strip about 3" wide was laid out on the vertical center line of each sheet. The layout was changed to to 2 vertical columns of six notes with the right hand column inverted with respect to the left hand column. In this configuaration the center of the 2 columns was the confluence or meeting place of the right hand side of each sinfle note in a row. The printing process is or was called the "tete-beche" and resulted in vertical pairs of strips so that the right end of each note was in the stained spread of blue fibers.Man that is just so cool.Also on some notes it is said that a water glass compound was applied after printing had taken place as a measure to increase wearability of the banknote.I am starting to like these notes. Do you mind me asking what you spent on it?[/QUOTE]