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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 820647, member: 11668&quot;]The star is from a run of 1,280,000 notes, yes.&nbsp; While that&#039;s not a full run, it&#039;s not especially short.&nbsp; I think most people consider a &quot;short run&quot; to be 640,000 or lower (i.e., 20% of a full run or less).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As Noost said, a note that&#039;s merely poorly centered is usually considered *less* desirable than a well-centered one.&nbsp; It&#039;s only when the centering is so bad that parts of the design are missing, or parts of other notes are showing, that error collectors start to be interested.&nbsp; Even then, where some older notes are concerned, you&#039;ve got to be aware of the characteristics of each series: For example, the 1928 $1 red-seals are known for very poor vertical centering.&nbsp; I picked this one up at a *discount* because of its bad centering--the tiny sliver of the next note along the top edge is common enough in this series that it&#039;s not even called an error:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://snorkack.nfshost.com/orph/1928usn1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Even more extreme are the Fractionals (hand-cut at the BEP, as Mpcusa pointed out), and then the Nationals (hand-cut at the individual banks, some of whom were *very* sloppy).&nbsp; I once had a dealer offer me a large-size National for cheap because it had almost half an inch missing at the bottom, with almost half an inch of the next note showing at the top.&nbsp; He said it was &quot;almost enough to be an error&quot;!&nbsp; I&#039;ve also seen Nationals that were torn, rather than cut, from their sheets....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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