Miami Valley Coin Club

Collecting $1 1957 Silver Certificates… Ho Hum!

But wait all you currency error collectors! One of the most intriguing serial number errors ever printed was on 1957 $1 Silver Certificates.

The top number shows the inverted W

Instead of a “M’ on the upper right serial number there may be an inverted “W”. The error occurred in the MA serial number block. So far, all error notes have a serial number less that M51840000A. The error was created when a “W” was inserted upside down into a prefix letter wheel in place of an “M”. The first of these errors was discovered in 1968 in upstate New York.

What are they worth? Who knows, I guess whatever an error note currency collector is willing to pay.