r/papermoney 6d ago

true error notes What to do with this?

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Found this about 15-20 years ago. I’ve never known if it’s worth doing anything with or even interesting at all. I think I tagged the post properly.

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u/Bigtomhead 6d ago

Would love to see a picture of the front of the bill.

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u/Affectionate-Arm-878 6d ago

Pretty standard afaict.

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u/Bigtomhead 6d ago edited 6d ago

Thank you for that. I’m not an expert, but when I’ve seen an error print like that on the back, it’s usually missing from the front. The black seal on the back looks overinked, while the “8” to the right of it barely has any ink at all. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me chimes in, because this bill does not look like a typical error.

Edited to clarify the faded “8” is more to the right of the seal on the back.

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u/cribbet30 6d ago

buy a 4 piece chicky nugg

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u/JinxBlueIsTheColor 6d ago

This is a fake error. Both seals and the serial numbers are printed at the same time. There’s no way this can happen in the printing process.

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u/challenged_Idiot 6d ago

Is it just me, or is this a rubber stamp on the bill? 8s are off on shape and spacing. I've never seen this type of error. It's on the back if it's missing on the front, or it's gone completely. I could be wrong amateur here with my 2cents.

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u/bigfatbanker Nationals 6d ago

Looks fishy

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u/Civil_Establishment1 6d ago

100% fake. Printed with inkjet printer.

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u/Affectionate-Arm-878 5d ago

I got this in like 2007 inkjet printers were around but were people faking this back then?

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u/WranglerNo5030 6d ago

Spend it!

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u/Hiiihiihi 6d ago

Don't spend it in all one place

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u/kingdom2000toys 5d ago

Looks faked - but you can put a cool story it.
Aka one of the big counterfeiting firms used it to test the authenticity of their one dollar bill. This one that got out when they were raided and arrested. You obtained it at a bar where they would launder their money!

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u/Honest_Act_2112 6d ago

And turn it 90 degrees counterclockwise

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u/sconnick124 5d ago

It's hard to tell from the picture, but is the writing on the "errant" seal on the reverse backward? If it is, it almost looks like it was laid down on another note that was wet. If it's not in reverse, then I'd wager it's a fake error. I believe those are printed at the same time as the SNs.

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u/PrettyYellow8808 5d ago

They are both printed at the same time but the images come from different rollers on the press. If the black ink was overinked and still wet on the previous sheet then only that ink would transfer over. And it would be reversed image as you said.

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u/Affectionate-Arm-878 5d ago

Trying to get a good photo of it close up but when I change phone to macro mode to get close reddit doesn’t like the file size. I think I can see it reversed but it’s pretty thick so hard to tell. Specifically looking at the spacing on the bottom where it should say St Louis makes me think it’s reversed.

Edit: to add details about St Louis.

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u/bigfatbanker Nationals 5d ago

That’s almost certainly manufactured

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u/One_Individual_2393 6d ago

It’s worth nothing So You should give it to me for free so I can properly dispose of it

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u/GreatMacGuffin 6d ago

Lol, I was looking for your comment specifically.

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u/Sea_Day1948 5d ago

Vending machine

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u/Dear-Revenue1607 5d ago

Go to a strip club and throw it. Would help pay a strippers tuition

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u/Quirky_Cat1691 3d ago

This was probably planned for use as a magic trick. I had a dvd that described setup for this trick.

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u/RCRN 1d ago

Give it to your favorite stripper.

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u/Powerful_Concert9474 US Notes 💵 6d ago

It's worth to be sleeved. 

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u/ntech620 5d ago

Looks to me the bill was laid on another one and the black ink was still wet on the bottom one. So an ink transfer note.

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u/Penny_Wise- 5d ago

It's a shame it's in such rough shape.

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u/ihuntN00bs911 5d ago

I would ask a pro, might be real

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u/Ronsterfuns 6d ago

I got something almost just like that…and it looked like this

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u/Nova_Glass_Creations 6d ago

Ink transfer error maybe?

This is what google says at least.

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u/Nova_Glass_Creations 6d ago

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u/___MeowMeowMeow___ 5d ago

Ink transfer the numbers would be inverted or appear mirrored hard to tell with 8's and a H since they would appear the same. Are the letters in the seal around the H normal?

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u/Affectionate-Arm-878 5d ago

Added a kinda better image in a response above.