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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1932273, member: 11668&quot;]That was my first thought.&nbsp; Prior to the invention of star notes in 1910, all replacements were handled that way.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I thought these replacements would always have been numbered on a device with only one numbering head, the two serials being applied one after the other.&nbsp; This note clearly wasn&#039;t printed that way, since (as others have pointed out) some of the characters in the two serials don&#039;t match.&nbsp; In the top serial, the feet of the A fall below the base of the 2; in the bottom serial they&#039;re well above it.&nbsp; In the bottom serial, the 2 has a large serif that&#039;s level with the tail of the 9; in the top serial the serif of the 2 is much smaller and well below the tail of the 9.&nbsp; And so forth.&nbsp; These aren&#039;t differences in inking or pressure--the two serials were printed by two different numbering heads.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Were large-size replacements ever printed on a press with two separate numbering heads?&nbsp; I dunno, but somebody over on the PCGS forum probably will.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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