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There are two camps on this controversy.
Traditional thinking agrees with the above quote, but there is a different camp , let's call them "run" collectors that collect low print runs within districts. A perfect example is a very rare 32K run that happened in the series 2009 $1 New York district. Overall the star note total for 2009 New York (B*) is almost 9 million. Run #3 B06400001*-B06432000* (32K) is expensive and doesn't come up for sale in an unciculated example very often. Since about series 1999, when the Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S.Paper Money started listing run sizes within a district, many modern star note collectors collect by run, and not just by district.
Also a good point. I would certainly consider a 32K run from any print size relatively rare at the very least because, well, it is. Simle searching of production reports shows they almost never happen. Same with the other random-out-of-pattern/smallest-of-the-small sized runs like 128k, 512k, 64k, etc.
The best I've found myself in circulation were two separate $1 2009 St. Louis *'s in spring 2015 in relatively new condition. Then countless 640k/320k multiple run notes, and a handful of 640k single runs. Most recently (about a week ago) I pulled a $1 2009 J03305425* from a strap which is 640k of 1.28m which I enjoyed finding as I don't see many Kansas City *'s here in Connecticut, and because it's the first 1.28m total print I've found personally. Lately, I'm inundated with $1 2013 B, F, and K *'s. Generally 1-2/strap.
I think my primary point/concern was/is that people be aware that there are differences/subtleties to the matter which must be considered when selling or buying.
Lastly, I'd like to put out a request that people contribute to this thread (or perhaps a new thread? still new here; not entirely sure of forum etiquette.) with their personal/current opinion/understanding on the run/print size issue. Do you collect short prints? Short runs? Short runs within districts? Why? Why not? And don't just consider stars; I've been collecting X/Y notes myself lately as very few $1 series have reached X, and specifically the 2013 $1 L/X group which is only a single run of 12.8m notes (in addition to being an X) where typical prints are 15 runs and 96m. (Link to coincommunity thread on X and other high block letters:
https://goccf.com/t/237130#2001445)
—D
p.s. will upload a some photos of my most extreme cutting error find from circulation, along with some stars and high block letter finds when I'm near them.
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Posted 08/27/2016 1:22 pm
