What do you think?

Do you think the FRN shown below is a cutting error, or a printing error? Is there a specific way to tell?

Although the top of the front of the note looks like it was cut on an angle, it wasn't. All four sides are straight. It is a combination of my camera not being level and an optical illusion.

So knowing that the note is a proper rectangle, which is it, cut or print error?

 

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Looks like a cutting error to me.

 

I'm going with cutting error.

 

Agree with the other two. Cutting error.

 

The more I look at it, the more I agree that it is a cutting error. If it were a printing error the sheet would have had to straighten out before the third printing (which appears to be in its proper place) which is unlikely.

 

i can see the bottom right corner of the obverse of the prior bill on the paper above your bill. Shouldn't I be able to see the left bottom of the reverse of another bill on top left corner of the reverse of your bill, too?

edited because i confused myself! Lol...

 

Good eye.

 

You got it and I'm not confused.

 

Methinks a printing registration/feed error?

 

i wonder how many sheets would get through before it was corrected....

 

I don't know how fast the flow is, but I do know one thing for sure, I certainly would not be able to run that fast even in my prime.

 

An error on an error replacement note...nice!

 

I think that in the Reverse picture, there's a shadow of the Obverse about 1/8th of an inch above the Reverse (vertical shift). That might explain why the next bill shows on the Obverse, but not the Reverse.

 

Clue me in.

 

It's a Star (*) note.

 

That's an E for Error

 

The back design is smaller than the front design. There is therefore more boarder (white space) on the back than the front. Hence, the cutting error would need to be more severe (greater angle) to show the next note. IMO.

 

I started collecting error US notes of all kind. But there were just to many. I decided to just collect errors on star notes. You get the same kind of errors on start notes as on regular notes, they are just harder to find (and more expensive). But the fun is in the hunt!

 

I would think that the guy who screwed up the first batch would be extra careful with the Star notes...adding to the rarity.

 

I did not even notice it was a star note! (I came across one just the other day).

Something ELSE I never knew. Thank you.