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New Member
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Thank you for the welcome! Wouldn't this still be considered an error note regardless of how the ink got on the paper?
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Valued Member
United States
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Following with interest. I'm a total beginner on US currency and I read up on the offset printing error. To me the $5 is similar to the verified offset $1, but that may just be my inexperience showing.
As I regularly get notes from my bank to search I am trying to understand the difference between the 2 notes, and why you would not consider the $5 to be equivalent as an error. I'd hate to think I could be passing up potentially valuable currency to add to my growing collection of Star notes.
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Valued Member
United States
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John1 is oldcurrencyvalues.com the only pricing resource that is available for valuing notes? Also how accurate is it to Fair market value? With US coins I use Numismedia and it is a great resource. Thank you. |
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Moderator
 United States
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You can also use ebay sold values. Don't know how accurate it is,sorry. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PVC damage can cause this effect. What type of holder is it kept in?
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New Member
United States
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See below pic for the holder I purchased this in. doesn't make sense to me a holder could cause a back to front ink transfer.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 to the currency forum! |
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New Member
United States
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See below for another graded error that is very similar to my star note. Anyone else chime in?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry, afraid I don't quite understand what you're asking.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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bkellog1 - you haven't shown the backs of either of the graded notes. Do they, like your $5 note, have the offset error on both sides? I would have thought the odds of that would be astronomical. Perhaps not. I sincerely hope it is an offset printing error because I think it's cool that you bought it for the star and got yourself a bonus along the way. I'm beginning to think the only way to know for sure is to examine the ink with a microscope.  |
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New Member
United States
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What I'm asking is the graded offset examples I have shown look very similar to the $5 star note in that there appears to be ink from the back on the front of this $5 star. Comparing the graded examples to the $5 star, how then can you say the $5 isn't an offset error? What is different from the $5 star to the graded examples? This is what I don't get.
To answer your question about the back, no, the graded examples dont have any offset on the back.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Comparing the graded examples to the $5 star, how then can you say the $5 isn't an offset error? I can't and I didn't. My first thought when I first saw it was that it was set in a stack of still damp sheets but then I did some checking and changed my mind. It is the serial number that has me confused. I don't think that the back of the note has an offset image. It could; I just can't figure out how that could happen. I wish I could confirm that it was an error, but I've never seen one in person. It's a hard thing to be sure about when you've only seen pictures. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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See below pic for the holder I purchased this in. doesn't make sense to me a holder could cause a back to front ink transfer.
A PVC holder will leach into the note causing the paper to become transparent. The holder you show in the picture looks like the old vinyl type holders that contain PVC.
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Valued Member
United States
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bkellog, The older plasticized holders for notes and coins react with the currency. In the case of notes what lettow said, in the coins it can cause toning.
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