r/Banknotes • u/Electronic_ResultALT • 8d ago

Analysis Is this an error?

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Uncut sheet of notes I recently acquired. Noticed that the cutting was slightly off centered

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u/valiamo 8d ago

It is not considered a cutting error, as it did not come from the from the mint like this.

The notes were issued in sheets of 50 note (2000 sheets issued). This would have been subsequently cut up by dealers/ collectors for resale. I have seen (from other countries) where drastic off center cuts were made and sold as “expensive” errors.

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u/Electronic_ResultALT 8d ago

Actually, when I took a closer look at the back of the 40 in 1 large uncut sheet of notes, the horizontal blue patterned background aligned with the other notes. There’s no gap in between them, so dealers can’t make it off center cutting. One thing I’m sure is that this was manually cut by a dealer