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Valued Member
United States
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Boy I wish I knew about these earlier. Cannot even imagin how many star notes I've spent. Image: fivestar.jpg68.84 KB
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I too wish I would have known about them sooner too. I used to count money at a local water park and I could have bought out any star notes I passed. I even remember one of my coworkers asking me what it meant when a bill had a star instead of a letter. This was before I started collecting, I told her it was probably the same as a letter. Maybe the mint needed one more figure to do serial numbers with and since they'd run out of letters they started using stars. 
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Valued Member
United States
367 Posts |
dont feel bad being a ripe age of 17 I didnt know they could and are collected untill a few months ago! I have one star not so far!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
heck guys Don't be hard on yourselves, I have been around collecting most of my life (my great grandfather introduced me to collecting coins at a very young age) and I still had never heard of a "star" note until I started coming to this forum and started reading the US Notes section. Just remember no one can be a expert in everything and there is going to be things they just don't know because they just don't research the items until someone else brings it to their attention, that is why these forums are great, has a little bit of everything for everyone
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1267 Posts |
Those are tought to find. Good Job...
Ben
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Member
United States
3242 Posts |
A friend of mine just receive this 1969 Star as payment in his store now I own it  and will sell it Image Insert:
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Valued Member
United States
228 Posts |
I am also enjoying searching for star notes and low serial numbers thanks learning about them on this board. So far going to the bank and searching bills has brought me no luck, all have mine have been given back as change.
Fishnwidow
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Valued Member
United States
367 Posts |
i also have no luck with the banks but the teller do hold wheaties and "strange" coins for me.. maybe I could be handsome lol
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
My sister told me its a batch number in notes in a bundle maybe,she works in the bank but after reading this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_note8 zero is a star note and those notes that are omitted replaced by star note thats new to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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I remember my dad showing us star notes when we were wee lads, and telling us they were printed just for movie stars to spend. So if we ever got one, a real movie star once owned it! (OK, we lived in Southeast Idaho, there was nothing better to entertain with!)
The other day I withdrew $80 from an ATM and a crisp new $20 was a star note and I almost peed myself....Then I got mad because I had to save it, thus needing to withdraw another $20.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
here is the $20 note I got from the bank Image Insert:
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1713 Posts |
I have a $5 and a $20 star...and the ironic part is that my sister found them...she didn't really want them which is good but why can't the coin collectors be the ones who find all the good stuff?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bryan1315..nice crisp $20 star note...definately a keeper!
I took out a crisp $10 bill from my wallet at the coin club last year to pay my dues and the club treasurer gave it back to me, telling me it was a star note...gave me a note holder too!
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United States
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New Member
United States
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I remember my first and (so far) only star note. I was about 7 years old. I had no idea what the star meant. At first I thought it might be counterfeit or invalid, so I was a little suspicious of it. Then I heard about a star note on the radio that said they could be worth thousands. Finally, I discovered that it wasn't worth all that much, and kept it for awhile. Then a few years later I really needed a five dollar bill, so I spent it. 
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