Description
FR-2175-B 1996 Series $100.00 Federal Reserve note from the New York District. A first-generation one-hundred-dollar denomination having the second print missing. Zero face design for this note. PMG has labeled it as INSUFFICIENT INKING; You could say? However, we believe the sheet adheres to the one above causing them to stick together. This in turn kept the face design from being printed. This sheet was underneath the actual sheet that got printed…. giving the embossing throughout this sheet that got out into a pack. One-hundred-dollar FRN’S for the First Generation issued big head 1996 Series that had the Black Seal “Federal Reserve Seal” printed onto the face design. This is the same process as 1928 Series for the large numeral seal. They kept the Fed seal as part of the 2nd printing. This note was third party graded P.M.G #64EPQ Choice Uncirculated with exceptional paper quality.
Where are these errors on newer series notes?? If you are reading this there has NOT been another example to surface on ANY Second Generation $100’s….This very well may be the last of missing second prints on big head series notes?? Or say $100.00 Denominations.? As quality control continues to be at a very high level. Type errors are minimal anymore. Such as missing first prints, missing second prints, missing third prints, inverted third prints, inverted backs. They are slowly but surely not surfacing. The last few we have seen were 2017 $10.00’s with inverted over-prints. Cutting errors, serial numbering errors, prefix errors.
*Replacement runs such as STAR notes are now going away as the BEP does not need to make replacement runs from the originals.
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