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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 1731996, member: 6986&quot;]First, this is a position number not plate number.&nbsp; MPC was lithographed not intaglio printed.&nbsp; The number represents the position on the sheet as it was numbered.&nbsp; The higher denominations were printed in sheets of 100 which were cut in half for numbering.&nbsp; The position numbers went like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>1&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 6&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 11&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 16&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 21</p><p>2&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 12&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 17&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 22</p><p>3&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 13&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 18&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 23</p><p>4&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 9&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 19&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 24</p><p>5&nbsp; &nbsp; 10&nbsp; &nbsp; 15&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 25</p><p>26&nbsp; 31&nbsp; &nbsp; 36&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 41&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 46</p><p>27&nbsp; 32&nbsp; &nbsp; 37&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 42&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 47</p><p>28&nbsp; 33&nbsp; &nbsp; 38&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 43&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 48</p><p>29&nbsp; 34&nbsp; &nbsp; 39&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 44&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 49</p><p>30&nbsp; 35&nbsp; &nbsp; 40&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 45&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 50</p><p><br /></p><p>MPC was printed in units of 8000 sheets.&nbsp; The notes MPCUSA has studied are all from the same unit.&nbsp; Most of them are from the same pack of 100 notes.&nbsp; These were likely purloined by someone on a destruction team after the conversion to Series 692. The MPC database includes at least 10 other notes from this same pack all except one has an UNC grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is no surprise that they have the same centering because they are in the same position on the sheet and these sheets were all cut at the same time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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