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Special => Error Notes => Topic started by: emsteph on January 24, 2005, 07:04:05 pm
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There seems to be the odd ebay auction lately with 1973 $1 mismatched serial numbers with the prefix of NJ.
I'm not sure if they are from the same seller, but the numbers have always started with 888 and 878...mismatched.
Am I correct to assume that a whole sheet would have been printed with mismatched serial numbers?
A seller has this one for sale:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3429&item=3954399322&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW#ebayphotohosting
And has sold a previous one in the past:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3429&item=3943056767
Both have been described as circulated. What are the odds of having such in one collection? Lucky him.
But again, I've seen other sellers with similiar described notes.
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Most interesting. Positive feedback was left by both parties on the first auction too. My only guess as to a legitimate excuse for what's going on is that feedback was left by both parties, then later the buyer decided to get a refund for whatever reason. Otherwise, why would he leave positive feedback of "Fast shipping, Beautiful bill." ? I retract my comments and apologize if I implied any wrongdoing. An explanation follows.
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Am I correct to assume that a whole sheet would have been printed with mismatched serial numbers?
There would only be one note on each sheet that would have the mis matched numbers. The error occurs when a counter is out of sync. This would mean that the notes in the same place on each sheet would have the error. If this is not caught for a while there can be thousands of errors produced. Since all the errors are in the same position on each sheet, when they are cut, a bundle or more of errors could be possible. Would have been nice to get a bundle. ::)
Tom
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I am a complete moron. :-X
I ignorantly did not realize that the serial numbers on the two notes are in fact distinct. Please disregard my original post today. Knowing what I know now, I fully agree with Tom's assessment.
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I remember seeing those NJ $1 error notes at a flea market in St. John's, NL several years ago. I had never seen anything like it before! ::)
It was so 8) cool!
BTW, I never paid attention to how much they were selling them for back then - it was back in the mid to late 1990's...
Jonathan
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