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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 3214316, member: 11668&quot;]Okay, if we&#039;ve got similar smudging on the A2 and B2 notes of the same sheet, then I don&#039;t think the numbering cylinders are to blame at all--it&#039;d be too big a coincidence for two different cylinders in two different positions to be &quot;loose&quot; at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both notes have serials ending in 01, so both would have been the top note of their respective straps.&nbsp; I think some not-quite-dry serial number ink rubbed off on some piece of machinery involved in the cutting-and-strapping operation, and was then transferred to the next strap going by.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general it&#039;s not unusual to see a mildly smudged overprint on the top note of a strap, precisely because that note can come into contact with various things as the sheets are being cut and the notes packaged.&nbsp; The fairly well-formed ghost serial on the ...8101 note *is* a bit unusual, but if it&#039;s just a particularly neat example of the typical top-of-strap smudging, then I&#039;d be inclined to value it rather *less* than $22.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there was really a problem with a loose numbering head, I&#039;d expect it to affect all the notes printed in that same position: ...8101, 02, 03, and so forth, not ...8001.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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