Expert: Ronald Fern - 2/24/2011

Question
I have a 1935 f series 1.00 bill. The unusual thing about this bill is how much it is "offset." Over as far to the right as it
could be and still on the paper. Crisp, one fold, and one light stain lower left.

Answer
Hi Bob:

Thanks for your question. I've answered ones like this before.

Bills are printed in sheets of 32 notes and in three phases. Reverse print, obverse print, and serial numbers with seal print. They then are cut and put into bundles of 100. Unfortunately, for a note to be considered an error, the direction of the cut, or the centering of the note, actually has to be off enough to see another bill from the error cutting or alignment. Circulation, folding of the bill, along with an uncentered image, actually decreases the value of your note. A 1935F $1.00 EF note has a retail value of about $3.50 to an interested collector. Highly circulated notes would likely only be worth double face value. Star notes (replacement or for error) retail for about $9.50.

Here's a link for history of the $1 bill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill

Here's link for you to view different types of real error currency and their values.

Link: http://www.coinsite.com/html/uscurrencyerrors.asp

You may want to check US coins and currency listings on eBay from time to time to see if your currency is listed what these type of items may bring.

Here is a link to find a local shop, they should offer an opinion as to the value at no charge. Always try and get at least two opinions and try and deal with PNG dealers if possible. If you should decide to sell your items to a dealer, remember they will offer about 50% to 60% of the retail value. See: http://www.pngdealers.com/dealersearch.php

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Thank You and Good Luck in your collecting.