Misprinted $10 bill dated 2001?

Question

I recieved a $10 bill today that looks like a fake but its not. It has the line in the bill and it passed the marker test. It looks like when it was cut it wasn't lined up correctly. There is to much room at the bottom and not enough at the top. Could someone let me know how I could find out if this bill is worth more than $10? Thanks

Answer 1

I'll give you $5.00 for it, well after all, this is the investing section.

Answer 2

Notes of this kind were formerly called "miscut" and sometimes still are. "Faulty alignment" is a more inclusive term which encompasses not only bad cutting but accidents in printing. If the sheet shifts around in the press, it will not receive the printed impressions exactly where they should be. Even if the cutting is normal, the resulting bill will be misaligned; this is a printing error. If the misalignment occurs equally on both sides, the problem was in the cutting. If not, the problem was in the printing.

The value of such notes depends upon the degree of misalignment. Collectors are especially fond of specimens showing a portion of an adjoining note. Such a dramatic specimen in "uncirculated" condition may be worth over $100. The value of the bill will decrease rapidly as the amount of wear and tear visible increases.

Answer 3

Unless it is extremely off-center or if some of the image was cut off, it probably isn't worth much more than $10. To make sure it's not a fake, the watermark should be an image of Hamilton. And the embedded strip should say either "10" or "ten", (I'm not sure if it was spelled out or in numbers and I don't have a $10 on me to check)

Answer 4

It still could be fake. I read that counterfeiter will bleach a one dollar bill and print 10 and 20 dollars on it. Check with the US Treasury or go to a few shops that buy and sell currency collectibles. They can tell you if it is a fake and if it is not, how much they are will to pay you for it.

Answer 5

call the US mint

Answer 6

keep it as a safe keep.