Hi all, this is a comment on the teminology in the first post. If this note was considered somthing extra special, it would be a "Variety", but not an "error". An error would be something like a Mis Cut, or a double denomination note-- something where it was made in error (perhaps by a machine screw up or whatever).
Variety: possibly, but error: no.
Sorry, in my earlier post where I say "..if Charlton's, the CPMS or another agency adopts the term 'dalmatian note' for this potentially new
variety of error...", the phrase "type of anomaly" may have been more apt, as I didn't intend to confuse the regular vs. the "Charlton" meanings of the words in question.
However, Hudson AB now has me a bit confused...
I thought "variety" as used by Charlton's refers to variations within a denomination for a particular issue - e.g. changes in signatures, regular vs. replacement notes, 2 vs. 3 letter prefixes and even some of the prefixes themselves. But the "varieties" listed in Charlton's arose only because of intentional changes implemented by the BofC. An abnormal number of planchettes does not arise from a planned change, and is not limited to a particular denomination or issue, so I don't know if the term "variety" could be applied.
I see Hudson's point in that "errors", such as those illustrated in Charlton's, would tend to suggest deviations from the norm that the BofC or its note printers would deem to make a note unfit for circulation - double denominations, cutting/folding/printing errors, serial numbers missing or out of register, etc. I doubt if the BofC would consider an excess of green dots [it's tiring to keep typing "planchettes"!] as making a note unfit, but what if a note were issued without
any green dots? Wouldn't this amount to a missing security feature and thus qualify as a true "error"?
It appears that neither "variety" nor "error" is a suitable term for the "green-dot anomalies". However I do think that these notes could be considered an area of "special interest" to collectors, along with radar notes, low serial numbered notes, million numbered notes, etc. These notes also are neither "varieties" nor "errors".
I guess the most logical solution would be to put
hyperplanchetted notes [those with too many green dots],
hypoplanchetted notes [those without enough dots] and
aplanchetted notes [those without any dots] into the same general category as the other "special interest" notes. Whoa...why did I just have a flashback to my "chiral/racemic" post?
Don't worry, I'm nearly done - I can almost hear Brent snoring loudly in the background. Hey, I only got two hours' sleep last night, and
I'm still awake having sat here typing all this (although my butt has gone to sleep - but if
it starts snoring loudly,
I'm the one who will have to deal with the consequences
).
But seriously, if the norm is, say, 15 dots and a note has like 50 (or none at all), then I would think this type of note is
at least as valid an area for niche collectors as:
birthday notes
. It's just a matter of figuring out how to price over- and under-dotted notes...
'Kay, I'm done
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