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Posted 09/05/2012 2:23 pm
The last time I purchased uncut sheets from the BEP was 15 - 20 years ago... This was when the BEP sold only One & Two Dollar Sheets (nothing above the Two Dollar denomination was available) and back then all sheets serial numbers started with 99------ so one would know if a "fake" error was made and offered for sale...
To me this was important as I had a one dollar note that looked like this note, but the serial number was a lower production run number for circulation, and after sending photos to Coin World, was advised that it was a genuine error that was rotated in the COPE-PAK operation...
HOWEVER, as pointed out in this thread, the BEP did sell low serial number sheets of Twenty Dollar Notes... I was totally unaware of this and had the numbers started with 99------ I would have known for certain that it was a fake... This changes everything as yes, it is possible to duplicate this type of error on a uncut sheet (and that stinks) - [don't want the bad word filter to kick in]...
Knowing what I know now, if I were still purchasing error notes of this type, I would see if the BEP has a chart listing serial numbers for uncut currency they sell to the public so-as not to be victimized with fraud...
I don't understand why the BEP would stray from their high serial number sheets for sale that prevented this sort of thing from happening...
It looks like I am now retracting my original comment above as I'm thinking "this is not good" and I don't want to give out any type of false information, and if this is indeed from a uncut sheet, I wouldn't pay face value for it...
I personally apologize to the poster of this thread as I was commenting on a genuine known error type and not some post BEP manufactured error...
[59 and still learning]
To me this was important as I had a one dollar note that looked like this note, but the serial number was a lower production run number for circulation, and after sending photos to Coin World, was advised that it was a genuine error that was rotated in the COPE-PAK operation...
HOWEVER, as pointed out in this thread, the BEP did sell low serial number sheets of Twenty Dollar Notes... I was totally unaware of this and had the numbers started with 99------ I would have known for certain that it was a fake... This changes everything as yes, it is possible to duplicate this type of error on a uncut sheet (and that stinks) - [don't want the bad word filter to kick in]...
Knowing what I know now, if I were still purchasing error notes of this type, I would see if the BEP has a chart listing serial numbers for uncut currency they sell to the public so-as not to be victimized with fraud...
I don't understand why the BEP would stray from their high serial number sheets for sale that prevented this sort of thing from happening...
It looks like I am now retracting my original comment above as I'm thinking "this is not good" and I don't want to give out any type of false information, and if this is indeed from a uncut sheet, I wouldn't pay face value for it...
I personally apologize to the poster of this thread as I was commenting on a genuine known error type and not some post BEP manufactured error...
[59 and still learning]
