United States Paper Money Collection

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Underinking of a Single Digit in the Serial Number Error

Enlargement of the serial numbers indicates a very small amount of green ink for the missing "7" in the upper right serial number.

Enlargement of Serial Numbers

This is the same type of underinking error cataloged in US Error Note Encyclopedia 2nd Edition, by Stephen M. Sullivan — The same digit is also missing in each serial number. I don't understand the overprint process enough to explain why the same digit is affected.

US Error Note Encyclopedia 2nd Edition,
by Stephen M. Sullivan, page 276