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Valued Member
Australia
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Hey guys, First post so I'm a little new, looked up this forum before but only just found something worth asking about. So recently after a fortunate Casino trip a 100 dollar bill came into my possession. I didn't notice it first but the one zero in the 100 dollar appears to be missing ink.  It looks like the ink filling is missing but the concentric lines are there, the image quality isn't the best, I'll try post a better picture. What do you think? |
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Valued Member
 Australia
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I tried to take a better picture of it:  I'm not sure if that clarifies things, my photography skills aren't very good to say the least. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Interesting note, its strange that thats the only part missing and it hasnt carried to the 1 if something went wrong with the printing. does it look like it has been rubbed at?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would venture to say that if there are scratch marks around the missing ink part, then it was damaged in some way and not worth more than $100. However if it seems the ink gradually disappeared, then it might be truly missing a bit of the ink and an error.
Also, what year is the note? Seems like this would happen in earlier issues (the year is the first 2 digits of the serial)
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thanks for the reply, the note number is: GB 99 so a 1999 note. Fortunately I have access to a microscope, under 20x magnification I could not see evidence of scratches or rubbing. I managed to take a photo of the area under 20x:  Edited by OneDollarMule
01/27/2011 04:24 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow look at that magnification!
If you look at the ends of the ink, they are rounded, which seems to mean this was actually because of under-inking. In fact, I think you can see the intaglio lines from the steel plate that weren't inked on the note!
However, I do wonder if this can be done with a commercial solvent - and also how common these types of errors are on polymer notes.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Yeah I can see what your saying about the steel plate lines, I took a photo under slightly lower magnification and they definitely continue throughout the area.  Personally I have very little knowledge about notes let alone note errors so I couldn't say wheather or not this was done with a solvent or how common this "error" is. Its the first note I've seen with ink missing like this. Edited by OneDollarMule
01/27/2011 04:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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first one that I've seen too !
I'd say it's a keeper. I'm not an error collector myself, but those chaps get excited very easily, and someone is certain to offer you $110 or more.
Peter in Darwin
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