Thickened letters

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Good evening guys. I have this 100 lei banknote from 1945, and as shown in the attached pictures, the two zeros on the right, as well as the letters "R," "LETE," and "MITE" in the upper and lower right corners, appear thickened. Does this add value to the banknote? Is it considered an error?Does it make it more valuable? And if so, how much could it be worth? Thank you.

no one knows ?

At least the thirty odd people looking at this thread don't. Maybe the paper has other properties starting at that point leading to more bleeding of the ink or the stamp/plate was not inked well and only the left part had an even distribution while the most-right part was oversaturated?

I have searched the entire internet for at least one banknote identical to mine, but I haven’t been able to find any, so I don’t have a reference point. That’s why I’m turning to you—you’re much more informed than I am.

This could additionally be due to wear on areas of the printing plate, or a bit too much ink being applied.  

 

I think it doesn't add value, more likely it might reduce the value a bit if sharper neater printings of the note are easily available.

Reduce value instead of increase? It's a little hard to believe ,because the note is aUNC.

alexionut

Reduce value instead of increase? It's a little hard to believe ,because the note is aUNC.

Yes indeed reduce, unless you find someone who likes errors. For me, I'd prefer a nicely printed note to this one.

Just call me Bram

No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!

That’s why I’m turning to you—you’re much more informed than I am.  

Reduce value instead of increase? It's a little hard to believe ,because the note is aUNC.

 

Trust those more informed than you.

I understand. So, in order to sell them, I need to find the category of collectors who prefer this type of banknotes with 'errors'. I take it that if I sell it to a 'regular' collector, the price would be lower compared to a banknote without these features, but if I sell it to a collector who specifically looks for such patterns, the price could be higher than that of a standard version

Your note is not necessarily worth less because of the excess ink bleed. 

It is unlikely to be worth more.
This level of excess bleed is insufficient for the note to be regarded as an error note, imho. 

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