$1 Silver Certificate

Nice, I like it. Congrats.
John1

I'm not sure anybody knows precisely, and I'm not sure if records going that far back are extant or accessible (I expect someone here will have information on that point). The general number I see given for how much of U.S. currency consists of star notes is a nebulous "less than 1%" but I believe it's actually well less than 1% (most everybody gets a lot of bills in change every year - even allowing for the fact that they get regularly set aside, are even 2 or 3 out of every thousand circulating a star note?)

1935 was supposedly the first year the outline star was used, and thus seems to serve as a convenient cutoff for distinguishing "old" from "modern" star notes. Dealers in star notes will tell you that despite their relative scarcity, modern star notes carry little to no premium, and in any event must be in mint condition for there to be any added value.

Yes, that's a dealer saying just what I was alluding to above. However, I'll bet a lot of folks here would be happy to buy uncreased 1935 star notes for more than their $3 price point, and would take the slightly folded or circulated ones they're not interested in as well. As for being "common" I'd ask how many nowadays do you actually see?