Error Notes - Mixed Dates

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John1

Mark,

I'm not interested in errors so I can't help you but the 2 twenty dollars are Federal Reserve Bank Notes.

This is what I write about them;

" So you ask yourself "What are Federal Reserve Bank Notes?" (You probably don't as you know what they are, but this forum's job is to educate, so I will the question that you already know the answer to).

Small size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were printed as an emergency issue in 1933 using the same paper stock as 1929 National Bank Notes. They were printed in denominations of $5 through $100. A National Bank Note has a line for the signature of the president of the national bank, but the small size Federal Reserve Bank Note printed a bar over the label for this line, since Federal Reserve Banks had governors, not presidents. The wording, "Or by like deposit of other securities" was added after the phrase, "Secured by United States bonds deposited with the Treasurer of the United States of America". This emergency issue of notes was prompted by the public hoarding of cash due to many bank failures happening at the time. This also limited the ability of the National Banks to issue notes of their own. Small size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were discontinued in 1934 and have not been available from banks since 1945. As small size notes, they have brown seals and serial numbers, as do National Bank Notes of the era. But while they look very similar, and both have the words, "National Currency" across the top of the obverse, they had different issuers and are considered to be distinctly different types of bills.

From reading these aren't actively collected, but I find them interesting."

Agree the FRBNs are normal, the $50 is indeed an offset error. Give us a close-up of the S/N on the $1 FRN.



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