Posted 10/21/2013 11:14 pm
You are mostly right about the starting 99s. For 1s though 20s the serial numbers top out at 96 mil. That equals 15 runs of 200,000 sheets of 32 bills for a total of 6.4 million bills per run. 6.4 mil times 15 equals 96 mil.
However with 50s and 100s and stars of any denomination they only print 100,000 sheets per run for 3.2 million bills per run. So after 30 runs you reach 96 mil. There is room for one more run of 3.2 mil for a total of 31 runs. So the maximum serial for those is 99.2 mil
So the bill you have pictured falls within the serial number range. Not sure how LEPE is going to affect this though.
However with 50s and 100s and stars of any denomination they only print 100,000 sheets per run for 3.2 million bills per run. So after 30 runs you reach 96 mil. There is room for one more run of 3.2 mil for a total of 31 runs. So the maximum serial for those is 99.2 mil
So the bill you have pictured falls within the serial number range. Not sure how LEPE is going to affect this though.
I thought all the serial numbers for circulation ended at 96 as well.
