Us dollar note with double heads error?what type of error is this?Need help please.

Us dollar note with half obverse showing on reverse?what type of error note is this?

Hi,I saw this US dollar note selling on a website and I have never seen any US dollar with this type of error before,I can see half of the obverse side showing on reverse side.What type of error is this?what happend to this US dollar?Is it common thing happen on US banknote?Does it has any special value?hope someone can explain and tell me about it,help is always apprieciated,thanks.

 

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It is a partial front to back off set....full off set's are sought after much more than partials..

I would pass on it.

Regards,

RickieB

 

what if the price is $1? would you pass on it still? If the price is chaep enough.. i would grab it.

 

I'm with you

 

i still cant tell between what an offset is, and what extra ink from a wet note would be if still wet when stacked. Would one be a reverse image, and 1 be a normal image? or are both images reverse ..and if so ... how does one tell the difference between the two types?

my head wont wrap itself around this... i need my morning coffeex2

 

Ok you wise guy's...
I left that open ended huh? LOL

Of course if it were for $1 I would kep it in a heart beat! If buying one then I would go for the full Off set! :hug:


RickieB

 

What happened was, the sheet *before* this one went through the face intaglio printing with a big corner folded down. Thus, some of the ink that *should* have ended up on the front of that sheet, was instead "printed" onto the flexible backing that presses the sheets against the printing plate.

Then when *this* sheet came along, that wet ink on the backing was transferred to the back side of this note. So there's a mirror image of (part of) the face design appearing on the back, at one corner of the sheet. (Since this note has plate position E3, it was located at an upper corner of its 32-note sheet....)

Actually, it might not have been the sheet *right* before this one that was folded. Usually enough ink gets transferred to the backing that several consecutive sheets end up with visible offset transfers like this. They get lighter and lighter until they vanish, and of course the darker ones are worth more premium.

The converse error, with a mirror image of the back design appearing on the face, is also possible. And if the first sheet is torn rather than just folded, it's possible for the edge of the transferred design to be irregular rather than a straight line....

 

great explanation Numbers :thumb:

But if you have a wet note that is stacked on a dry note, and ink transffers... wouldnt you get a similar effect? Whats the sticking ppoint that tells the difference between a wet note transfer, and a process you described above?

 

Agreed...