Misaligned

Discussion in 'Paper Money' started by meandyou4ever0, Oct 27, 2024.

  1. meandyou4ever0

    meandyou4ever0 meandyou4ever0

    Received this in my change today.
    I know there's no added value. Just sharing what I found:happy: 20241027_184947.jpg 20241027_185022.jpg
     
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  3. meandyou4ever0

    meandyou4ever0 meandyou4ever0

    Why is the ink two different colors?
    Black on obverse
    Green on reverse o_O
     
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  4. derkerlegand

    derkerlegand Well-Known Member

    The green ink spoiled before they got around to printing the front.
    refrigerate.jpg
     
  5. SteveInTampa

    SteveInTampa Always Learning

    I can’t tell if you’re serious.
    It’s been like that forever. Black ink on face and green ink on the back.
     
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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Black and green ink have been a standard. One of the many features out notes have.
     
  7. meandyou4ever0

    meandyou4ever0 meandyou4ever0

    Yeah I know it has been, just wondering why...
     
  8. Numbers

    Numbers Senior Member

    Some of the earliest Federal currency, in the 1860s and 1870s, used a green "protector" tint on the face side, to thwart photographic counterfeiting. The overlapping black and green printings just looked like a muddled mess to the black-and-white cameras of the day.

    But the ink used for the green tint had a tendency to show through on the backs of the notes. To hide it a bit, the backs were printed in green ink. That started the tradition of green backs that's still going strong today. Though there have been a few exceptions over the years -- Brownback NBNs, yellow-back gold certificates, and so forth.
     
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