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<p>[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 1323773, member: 11668"]Not an error--it was cut from one of the <a href="http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/beptestsheets.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/beptestsheets.aspx" rel="nofollow">uncut sheets</a> that the BEP sells to the public. In Series 1981, any serial above 99840000 is from an uncut sheet. This note, with plate position E1, would come from the top row of the sheet; hence the wide top margin and the big black alignment mark or whatever it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly enough, it's not too uncommon for the sheets to be cut up and spent: sometimes they end up in the hands of someone who doesn't realize they have collectible value; sometimes a collector just gets desperate for cash; sometimes they're deliberately used as wrapping paper or some such thing(!). Whoever cut this one up did quite a messy job of it, though....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 1323773, member: 11668"]Not an error--it was cut from one of the [URL="http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/beptestsheets.aspx"]uncut sheets[/URL] that the BEP sells to the public. In Series 1981, any serial above 99840000 is from an uncut sheet. This note, with plate position E1, would come from the top row of the sheet; hence the wide top margin and the big black alignment mark or whatever it is. Surprisingly enough, it's not too uncommon for the sheets to be cut up and spent: sometimes they end up in the hands of someone who doesn't realize they have collectible value; sometimes a collector just gets desperate for cash; sometimes they're deliberately used as wrapping paper or some such thing(!). Whoever cut this one up did quite a messy job of it, though....[/QUOTE]
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