Somebody Goofed

Good thing I don't collect notes, I've been looking at this one for a while now and aside from the 6 zeros I see nothing going on with it.

I did not know this. Learn something new every day!

They don't want to stop the whole process of printing currency so the sheets are pulled and replaced with star sheets so the process can continue. After the sheets are inspected they would be out of sequence if put back into the system so they are destroyed.

I don't want to put Nickelman on the spot but this is a perfect example of how NOT to ask a question in the forum.

Posting one or a few pictures and being vague, coy and comical with out actually giving any real information on the subject is very annoying.

Yeah Ok the weird Serial Number jumps out and smacks me in the face but above the top number there is a spot... is that a spot of ink... was that supposed to be the GOOF? Is there something else I'm not seeing that someone else did see?

If the OP had been

"Check this out, I thought if the number ended in 9999 or 0000 it was pulled? Did someone goof?"

it would have made a lot more sense.

Tossing out the smallest amount of information and assuming everyone else sees what you see is a common problem.

I'd say more than half of the posts looking for information are unutterably vague, and the first or second reply is always the same...

"MORE INFO PLEASE"
"What are you seeing that everyone else is missing?"
"What is the size of the coin?"
"Can you say anything more than 'Hey check this one out'?"


I'm glad this one got figured out and I'm very glad to know about the numbers on older notes.

To be honest I had NINE teeth pulled last October and that was easier than finding out this minor tid-bit of info.

And what's the reason a banknote can't ends with 9999 or 0000?

@ ASLAN TVorlon
https://goccf.com/t/176327#1626662

If I offended you in some way I apologize. My intent was to post a cool serial number I found not to ask any questions. In the process I learned something new for which I am grateful since I actually like learning new things. Please understand that we can't all be perfect and accept my humble apology for any discomfort I may have caused you.

Sorry Nickelman I got a bit heated there, I dabble in bills and like to check out this side of the hobby sometimes, I see it all over the place, people being vague, Sorry to vent my rant in your general direction.

Like you said this is a learning forum, and posting the best information you have up front is the best idea, I have put up "Hey Look at 'This'" type threads and not gotten great responses... live and learn...




To sum up this is what I learned: the older notes were pulled when the numbers ended with 0000 or 9999 to do a quality check. but the quality has gotten better and the printers have gotten lazy so they don't do that any more, so if I find a bill from the 80's or before with a serial number ending in 0000 or 9999 I should hold onto it for dear life... but if it's a 2009 it's just another piece of paper that the government says if worth a certain amount.