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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 3588296, member: 11668&quot;]Wait, what?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I think JMM was correct...a bit of serial number ink has transferred to the back of the next bill up in the stack.&nbsp; In the case of the serial numbers, it&#039;s definitely not &quot;bleed through&quot; happening, because when the ink transfer is heavier, the serial on the back of the note is legible as the serial of the *next* note, not the same serial appearing on the face of the note.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that the ink they use for the serial numbers (and seals) these days doesn&#039;t dry very quickly.&nbsp; If you get a new strap of currency, there&#039;s often some green ink from the serials, or black ink from the Fed seal, visible on the inside surface of the strap band itself.&nbsp; Also, serial numbers ending in xxxxx001 are often lightly smeared by contact with the shrink-wrap around the 1000-note bundle.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t observed the smearing of xxxxx001 numbers on older notes, so I think the ink must be somewhat different than it used to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what the wet-printing comparison has to do with it.&nbsp; The intaglio printing was done on wet sheets, not the serial numbering....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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