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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 356113, member: 11668&quot;]The printing plates are all duplicated from the same master, though, and they don&#039;t have nearly that much variation.&nbsp; But these bills have been through a lot since they were printed, and it&#039;s not unusual to observe a bit of variation due to paper shrinkage...especially on pre-1957 notes, which were printed on damp paper anyway and shrunk a bit when drying at the BEP.&nbsp; (If you compare a 1953 $2 to a 1963 $2, there&#039;ll be much more pronounced differences; the whole master design had to be redone in slightly reduced size, to allow for the fact that the later notes were printed on dry paper and weren&#039;t going to shrink between printing and cutting.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If we were talking about, say, early large-size notes, where each plate was individually prepared, then Troodon&#039;s explanation would be spot on.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t think that even lasted into the 20th century....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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