$10 Bill With Incomplete Dye On The Paper

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Brisket New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 5:23 pm I received this bill back as change. At first I thought it was just worn and dirty, but upon further examination I noticed that the paper the bill is printed on had not been completely dyed. You can tell that is the case because the lettering on the bill is entirely intact and normal, but the orange color is missing, especially on the left and right edges, but more so on the right side than the left side. The darker portions towards the middle of the bill also do not seem to be dirt, but seem more like a casualty of whatever occurred that caused the edge of the bill to miss its dye. The bill is also not as wide as a normal bill and that is most apparent in the picture of the back of the bill. The bill in the top of the photo is the "error" bill, while the bill on the bottom is there for reference. Does anyone know if this is a common occurrence, or is the bill something I should hold onto? Report this Post to the Staff

silverwolf Pillar of the Community Canada 3733 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 5:26 pm sorry, but you are looking at a stain..100% Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21601 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 5:30 pm Looks like a stain and has gone through the washing machine or something similar. Wait to see what other opinions are out there. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 5:33 pm Sure looks like staining to me. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
hfjacinto Pillar of the Community United States 7276 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 5:48 pm Looks like a washed stained note My Slabbed Dansco 7070 with Gold Page My Slabbed IHC Set My Slabbed 20th Century Type Set Report this Post to the Staff
Brisket New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 6:03 pm Would a washing machine cause the orange ink to wash away from the paper without dulling the "United States of America" or "We the People" lettering? Is the ink that prints the lettering on the bill more resilient than the ink they use to dye the bill orange? My initial instinct was that the bill was "faded", hence the paper being white rather than orange, but the undamaged condition of the lettering is what caused me to question that. Report this Post to the Staff
SteveInTampa Pillar of the Community United States 4637 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 6:19 pm Looks to me as though it's had some sort of chemical trauma. Report this Post to the Staff
silverwolf Pillar of the Community Canada 3733 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 7:32 pm It didn't come from the mint that way,, it is a damaged bill .. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 10/04/2021 9:32 pm Quote: Would a washing machine cause the orange ink to wash away from the paper without dulling the "United States of America" or "We the People" lettering? Is the ink that prints the lettering on the bill more resilient than the ink they use to dye the bill orange? My initial instinct was that the bill was "faded", hence the paper being white rather than orange, but the undamaged condition of the lettering is what caused me to question that. In a word, yes. Enzyme-based detergents in particular can make certain banknote inks change colours, while leaving other colours intact. Enzyme detergents are by far the biggest cause of fake "wrong-coloured serial number errors" that I've seen here in Australia. Let's look at your note this way. This note is quite well-worn, lots of creases and folds. That means hundreds of people must have used it. When it was fresh and clean, without all the distracting damage, then the "error", if it had existed then, would have been even more prominent. If it had looked "odd" right from the start, I doubt people would have kept spending it - someone would have pulled it out to keep, or a bank would have noticed it, seen it was "defective" and returned it for destruction. But they didn't. So, logically, the note wasn't "defective" back then. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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