I got a werid dollar?

Question

i just went to the store and was gave a correctly printed front side of a dollar bill but the back side had the back printed on it plus a nother copy of the front side printed on it again so it has a front side and a back side but along with the back side print it had a front print again

Answer 1

Sounds like a rare misprint. Go to a dealer and ask.

Answer 2

What you are seeing is called a "complete offset transfer." From the "Blackbook Price Guide to United State Paper Money" Edition #35:

"Offset transfers are not, as is often believed, caused by still-wet printed sheets coming into contact under pressure. Though very slight offsetting can occur in that manner, it would not create notes as spectacular as those pictured here, in which the offset impression is almost as strong as the primary prining. These happen as the result of the printing press being started an instant or so before the paper is fed in. Instead of contacting the paper, the inked plate makes its impression on the machine bed. When paper is fed through, it picks up this "ghost" impression from the bed, in addition to the primary impression it is supposed to receive. Each successie sheet going through the press will acquire the impression until all the ink is totally removed from the machine bed. But, naturally, the first sheet will show the transfer strongest, and the others will be weaker and weaker. Obviously, the market value of such notes depends largely on the strength of the offset impresseion. The heavier and more noticeable it is, the more valuabel the note will be---all other things being equal."

The first sample note pictured is a 1977 series $5 bill with prices ranging fron $110 for a bill with light overprinting in "very fine" condition to $310 for a bill with dark overprinting in "uncirculated" condition. The second sample note pictured is a 1974 series $1 bill with prices ranging fron $100 for a bill with light overprinting in "very fine" condition to $325 for a bill with dark overprinting in "uncirculated" condition.

From these figures you can get an idea of the type of value the bill is likely to have, but only a professional can give you an accurate value.

These prices are from 2003, so the value may have gone up some since then, but they are also the prices a currency dealer would charge a customer, which are obviously higher than the prices a currency dealer would pay to buy the bills.

Answer 3

I'm guessing it's a forgery - since the way that money is printed, that's not a Treasury type of error. Easy to tell - go to the bank and they'll let you know -

Answer 4

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Answer 5

that's freeking awesome!!!! I would keep it. it's unique. it's probably fake but oh well. you'll probably never see another one like that ever again so hold on to it. it could be a good conversation starter. you never know.

I mean I don't know anyone who has a double sided dollar bill. do you?

Answer 6

a rare mis print could be worth big bucks . ask a dealer , not a bank . if forgery , banks turn it over to govt. , you get to write off loss on taxes .

Answer 7

You either have a very rare misprint no one has caught or
you have a counterfeit

Answer 8

Take it to a bank and see if they will exchange it for you. It sounds like a counterfeit.

Answer 9

...hold on to it... you either have a "collectors" item by a bonified Federal misprint...or a bogus bill... take it to a collector and have it examined.

Answer 10

theres a marker you can buy which can tell by the type of paper it is, if it's real or not....if it is real, i'd hang on to that...