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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1097252, member: 19065&quot;]I&#039;m torn on this one. While it looks like it could be a legit 2nd print error, Ziggy raises a valid point since the missing plate isn&#039;t missing but its rather severely faded. Possibly an under inked plate but that would likely be caught in quality control checks before leaving the BEP. The tattered look of the notes does have those characteristics of being laundered. To be conclusive the note would need to be sent into PMG or PCGS Currency for authentification, which is what I generally advise to anyone who may be looking to resell an error note since so many fakes exist and the certification affords buyer and seller alike greater faith in trusting the note as a legitmate error. With this note I am inclined to believe it may not be an authentic error, but that there may have been a paper quality issue that lent itself to the ink from that plate lifting off. Perhaps the sizing (a binder applied to the surface of the paper to help it accept ink/printing) may have been missing, too thin or broke down at some point, then later when the note was in circulation, getting rubbed and washed, the ink had nothing to cling to and lifted away. That&#039;s just a hypothetical scenario and I&#039;m uncertain such a paper problem is allowed to categorized these as errors of this kind. Very curious and very fun to see this note.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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