Misprinted $50 bill

Hello members, first post. I joined to see if any of you could provide an explanation for the following misprinted $50 bill. Series 1996, completely normal on the front, but on the back as you can see, about 1/4 of it isn't printed correctly. Any idea if this is worth more than $50? I've had it for a very long time, mint condition. Second pic confirms it is not a fake note.

 

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Welcome, I am sure someone will be along shortly to answer your question. Seems like there are many people here that know about errors on both coins and bills.

Good Luck...

 

i would go down to walmart and buy a pack of conerfiet detection pens. you can get a pack of 2 counterfiet pens for $2-$3 at walmart in the office supply department. make sure that isn't fake.

 

Based on the watermarks of Grant and the band running vertically, I know it isn't fake. This came from my grandmother in a birthday card which came directly from the bank.

 

Coinlover, I would definently NOT do that. If it is real, you would of just lost LOTS of value. It certainly looks like an underinked bill to me, but I'm not really sure. I'd wait for better people=p

 

i think it looks underinked as well

 

Looks underinked to me as well. Nice find. I wouldn't use a pen on it Coinlover, but I know you were trying to help. I agree with nsandler about it lowering its value significantly if you did that.

 

I'm no expert, but I would think this is probably an obstructed printing because of the distinct lines. Looks like a piece of paper or something got in the way! The intervening material could be cellophane, adhesive bandage, paper...basically something got between the printing plate and the paper. If it were ever possible to find what obstructed the printing it could be worth $7500!!! Depending on condition this could be worth $100 or more.

 

^ so you mean if I had the part where the rest was printed, and had them sold as a package, I'd get that many figures?! I have kept it in a plastic money case since I got it to prevent creasing.

Thanks for the comments so far everyone.

 

I don't know why the pen would hurt the bill----the ink disappears after awhile.

Speedy

 

What is the point of marking up a bill if it's most likely real?

 

I guess maybe my post wasn't clear---I wasn't saying to do it....I was just saying why would the pen hurt a bill?

Just the other day in our town they caught part of a ring of guys that were faking almost every bill----large and small---one of my good friends is the Sheriff in town so maybe if the Sherriff Dept. gets any I'll get to view them---reading what the city police said...they said that these bills were really good fakes.

Speedy

 

exactly what speedy said. the pen mark go away after time. all you need to do is just mark a little dot on it and see if it is fake or real, the pen never lies. not like i was saying draw on it, just make a small dot on the margin.

 

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what's wait for better people suppose to mean? what, am i not good enough?!

 

That part I would disagree with---there are ways to fake bills to where the pen says that it is good.
(I try not to post into on how to fake money so this part will not tell the whole thing as I've read and heard it) Such as this---some will take a (lets say $5) and wash it to take out all color---then re-print a $100 bill on that paper---since it is the right type of paper the pen will mark it as good...

Speedy

 

this is a bill that was printed when the rollars ran outta ink... taking a pen to this would be like cutting a 1955 DDD in half to make sure it's a real penny... the pens do fade... but are still perm ink

 

DON'T TEST IT!
Nice error, not sure of value, but it is a great piece.

 

I knew the marks fade, but like it was said earlier it is still permanent. If the watermark and security line are on, I think it would be a safe guess. I would just trust the watermark, and not test it. I wouldn't test it peronally. But that is just me.

 

http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/money_detect.shtml

Speedy