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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
Been saving this bill for about 30 years because it caught my eye back then. Now that I am a member here, maybe I can get feedback as to what happened to it and its value. And if I should continue to hold on to it.   The first thing that caught my eye was that it was not centered, but the back of the bill is. Then I noticed the green off centered too. Any and all feedback would greatly be appreciated as I know nothing about paper money, other than spending it. |
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Valued Member
 United States
318 Posts |
No comments on this bill? Am dying to hear what you think. It is an error note, correct?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
Yeah, it's certainly off by a bit more than usual.
The green/black overprints don't seem to be touching anything, though, so I don't know if there would be much of a premium..
I'd still hold on to it just in case as it's just $5..
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Valued Member
United States
297 Posts |
The true value market indicator is always ebay. An item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it (and ebay offers a worldwide marketplace exposure of what someone will pay for an item only as long as long as the the highest bidder looking for that item happens to be searching that item at the time of your listing) I am sure there are millions of dollars left on the table on ebay auctions yearly from sellers who do not know what they have, list an item incorrectly, or have bad pictures. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
It is an interesting faulty alignment (miscut) note, since it is so far off. Too bad it got so wrinkled before you found it. I hate it when that happens. I find notes like that too. Usually the ones that show a partial note of the next note on it, are worth keeping, even if just a sliver. It doesn't hurt to hang on to it, since it is in your collection.  I usually put notes like that in between two sheets of clean and white paper, and put that in a big heavy book and write down the page # in my inventory, so I know where it is. It'll help press it out without damaging it. It won't remove the major wrinkles, but I find it helps. Anyone have any better ways of preserving it besides just a clear plastic note holder? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1731 Posts |
mine was off center... but not much more value than the face value. its need to be printed of the note for the note to be more than face value  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1151 Posts |
For getting the wrinkles to be less noticeable, I agree, the heavy book. But I can tell you not to do  I saw a buddy of mine try to get wrinkles out of a Large size Chief $5 note by running it over the edge of the table, ripped in half, that was about a $400 oops |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I saw a buddy of mine try to get wrinkles out of a Large size Chief $5 note by running it over the edge of the table, ripped in half, that was about a $400 oops Trying to remove the wrinkles and creases from a banknote is like cleaning a coin. You don't do it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1812 Posts |
The 1st & 3rd printing is spot-on (centered), there was a minor sheet misalignment during the 2nd printing... I would be surprised if it sold for more than six to eight dollars as this is quite common...
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Posted 01/02/2012 2:43 pm
