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 Posted 12/16/2022  10:43 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Raiden to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I am new to Banknote stuff but I got a dollar that reads, F 55670371 B I do not know if that is good or not
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 Posted 12/16/2022  10:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's good for $1, other than that I don't see any added value to that particular serial number.

SteveinTampa and Coinfrog are the experts - one of them should be along shortly to confirm.
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 Posted 12/16/2022  10:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Tell us why you think it might be unusual or special, please.
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 Posted 12/16/2022  10:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Raiden to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think its weird because I never get 1 B dollars, maybe that's just me and I'm being weird
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 Posted 12/16/2022  11:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TheSerialFlorist to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome Raiden
The right-side B is pretty common; about 1 in 6 $1 bills is a B.
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 Posted 12/16/2022  5:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not seeing any added value here.
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 Posted 12/17/2022  01:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SteveInTampa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some popular series and districts go all the way up to suffix letters W, X and Y.

I highly recommend reading threads like Post Your Almost Serial Number and other popular threads to get a feel of what's unusual or valuable. New collectors should be doing more reading than buying. Read the guides, read the auction descriptions on Heritage and Stacks.
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 Posted 12/20/2022  10:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add datadragon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The first letter of such a serial number identifies the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) which issued the note; since there are 12 FRBs, this letter is always between A and L and these can make a difference in how valuable a note can be in some cases even without any fancy serial number. The last letter after the numbers advances through the alphabet when all eight character serial numbers have been printed for a specific Federal Reserve Bank within the same series. So B just means that they printed all the serial numbers for A, then changed to B. At the time of a series change, this suffix letter returns to the letter A and repeats the cycle.

The letter O is not used because of its similarity to the digit 0, and the letter Z is not used because it is reserved for test printings. On some notes, a star appears in place of the last letter. Stars can have some value sometimes based on its condition and how common it is. When an imperfect sheet is detected during the manufacturing process after the serial number has been overprinted, it must be replaced with a new sheet. A "star" sheet is used to replace the imperfect sheet. Reusing an exact serial number to replace an imperfect note is costly and time consuming. A "star" note has its own special serial number followed by a star in place of a suffix letter. https://www.bep.gov/currency/serial-numbers

SteveinTampa gave some good advice regarding just reading about which type of serial numbers might also add some minor to high value. Here is a few to start looking for https://www.coolserialnumbers.com/F...Numbers.aspx Sometimes even the suffix can be mismatched and this too is an error that is valuable when found https://www.the-sun.com/money/68806...il-look-for/
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