2017-06-20 Tue

Series 2009A $100 Federal Reserve notes with interesting mismatched serial numbers were offered by US dealers from Lima. Generally, such error notes have one or two mismatched digits. It happens when a numbering machine sticks or when the operator makes a mistake during setup. But experts believe that error notes mentioned above are absolutely impossible to occur.

Even though they have been confirmed authentic by a local Peruvian bank, something seems to be really fishy. All seven or eight digits and the suffix letters are mismatched. One note has a serial number for Chicago at the top left and New York at the bottom right. Another has Atlanta and New York in those positions. The plate position numbers on all the notes are different.

The Chicago serial number dates to December 2011 and the New York one to January 2013. The Atlanta number is from February 2014 and New York’s from April 2015. These dates do not coincide with the official Bureau of Engraving and Printing reports.