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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 4896240, member: 24274"]I took this over to another forum for discussion and, yes indeed, Jersey Magic Man hit on the correct cause of this error, and I'm now convinced that it is genuine. It took some 'splaining for me to grasp what led to the single digits, but here is how it lays out:</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine the serial number wheels printing both sets of numbers on the notes. The last digit rolls around once every 10 times (0<b>1</b>, 02, 03 ... 09, 10, 1<b>1</b>). All the numbers to left of it print every time. Now imagine the green ink font runs dry but the press keeps feeding sheets of notes. The seal and the left-side numbers will quickly run out of ink and fade away. But the last digits on the cylinder still have ink remaining on them and the 1, for instance, only prints every 10th rotation. So this final number in both positions will be the last digit to run out of ink and fade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Make sense?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 4896240, member: 24274"]I took this over to another forum for discussion and, yes indeed, Jersey Magic Man hit on the correct cause of this error, and I'm now convinced that it is genuine. It took some 'splaining for me to grasp what led to the single digits, but here is how it lays out: Imagine the serial number wheels printing both sets of numbers on the notes. The last digit rolls around once every 10 times (0[B]1[/B], 02, 03 ... 09, 10, 1[B]1[/B]). All the numbers to left of it print every time. Now imagine the green ink font runs dry but the press keeps feeding sheets of notes. The seal and the left-side numbers will quickly run out of ink and fade away. But the last digits on the cylinder still have ink remaining on them and the 1, for instance, only prints every 10th rotation. So this final number in both positions will be the last digit to run out of ink and fade. Make sense?[/QUOTE]
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