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That's quite a list. Did you have any questions for us?
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Was sharing my collection :)
Guess the only question I have would be is the last letter of the S# the issuing federal reserve bank? So $5 Series 1953 *13270837A was issued to Boston?
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VA_Collector_12121, that is quite a list. In my on-again and off-again perusal of notes I come across I have found less than 5 star notes in the last 20 years. Do you have a job that lets you see a lot of banknotes?
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@VA_Collector, that is indeed quite the list! Quote:
...is the last letter of the S# the issuing federal reserve bank? So $5 Series 1953 *13270837A was issued to Boston? No, that's not how block numbering works in Silver Certificates and U.S. Notes. From uspapermoney.info: Quote:
United States Notes, Silver Certificates, and Gold Certificates were not issued by the Federal Reserve Banks, so the first letter of their serial numbers, like the last letter, only served to distinguish different blocks; it had no particular meaning. |
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Point of fact, block letters were not even needed until the turn of 20th c. because print runs were not long enough to necessitate them!
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that is quite a list. In my on-again and off-again perusal of notes I come across I have found less than 5 star notes in the last 20 years. Do you have a job that lets you see a lot of banknotes? Sorta, I work retail. Problem is majority of consumers at retailers use plastic not cash. Some friends at a local Chick-fil-a (Management) say they get lots of silver coins though. Also thanks for the info :) |
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VA_collector, nice list.
Dumb question for a not really a "notes" person - when is the earliest star note? i.e. when did they start doing replacements?
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Dumb question for a not really a "notes" person - when is the earliest star note? i.e. when did they start doing replacements? The very first star notes were printed in 1907. These notes were exact duplicates with the same serial number as the defective note. By 1910, the method used for star notes now was implemented. That is star notes are the own separate entity and have their own serial numbers -- They don't bear the same number as the defective note. According to Douglas Murray's work, there were roughly 95 million star notes printed from 1910 to 1929, a 19 year span. To put this into perspective, the 1957 $1 silver certificate star notes alone had a staggering print total over 300 million. |
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Good stuff, Wheat. To describe this dual numbering system in everyday terms, it has been possible ever since to own a regular note and a star note from the same series with the same serial numbers! I'm sure many people do.
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Thank you for the answer.
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Here is a scarce star in a better grade. This would have been printed just after WWII.  |
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Nice :) Just got another modern $1 * today at work. Quote:
Good stuff, Wheat. To describe this dual numbering system in everyday terms, it has been possible ever since to own a regular note and a star note from the same series with the same serial numbers! I'm sure many people do. ~Coinfrog Great, now I have to have a pocket list of my star notes to see if I can find a match :P Edited by VA_Collector_12121
02/25/2017 6:17 pm
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Whoa, Coinfrog! That $2* USN is a beauty!
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CelticKnot:  . Been waiting for the frog to send it to me for a Mk 1 eyeball check!  |
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