5 dollar bill error?

[Genesis Comics]

Hi...

 

I am a comic guy and had a question for the paper money community...I remember a few years ago that a minor error had occured on the 1999 series 5 dollar bill according to a TV news report...On the circle to the left of Lincoln it says United States on top and Federal Reserve System on the bottom...from what I remember the error was that the word states was missing the e and the s. In the copy (which I will try to link below) that I have I am just missing the e...the s is there. I don't know if this is "anything"...but any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time!!!

 

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[Genesis Comics]

Just for the record, I received the bill this way and in no way altered the bill.

Thanks!!

[jayjay2789]

after zooming in to the bill, it seems that this could be done by a person and not by the mint. I cannot really tell if this is an error and have not heard about this error before. Anyways, i might ask pmg if this error is recgonized by their staff and see what they say.

[zrlevin]

It looks like the E is partly there from the photo. It's very dim...

[Genesis Comics]

It looks to me like the ink was starting to run out at this point...the "error" that I had heard about on the news has the e and s missing...If you look at the s...the top is missing a little too...BTW...am I in the right thread for this question???

[drsvenghali-migration]

Technically it is a printing error. However it was only hyped by the press and I know of no collector premium for it.