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I found a bill with a plate number of 1, and I looked it up and couldn't find any article that explains the worth of them. I just want to know if will change the price of a bill.Please help!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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In my experience, plate numbers do not make a difference in value, at least for pre-1970 notes which is my field of interest.
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speaking from a Canadian point of view, yes palte numbers do count for anyone trying to collect an entire series, a compulsive collector will want the entire series, of plate numbers for any given series.. with that being said that market is very small..
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm thinking that would be a virtual impossibility for a US note of any denomination, but I've been wrong before. Certainly I've never met such an enthusiast.
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Just about every change of series starts with front & rear plate #1. Way back when, some $5s, $10s and $20s had hard-to-find face and back plate numbers that collectors still look for today. 1934A $5 SC fp#307, 1934A $10 SC fp#'s 86 & 87, 1934 $20 FRN bp#204 are a few that come to mind. The other collectible plate numbers I know of are engraving errors.
Edited by SteveInTampa
01/05/2019 7:34 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's a good question, HQ72. I've often wondered that myself... suspected "no", but wondered all the same.
@silverwolf... wow...like coingfog said, being a "completist" collector and collecting by plate # for U.S. notes would be astoundingly difficult.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for that input, Steve.
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't know but IMO it's worth investigating further.
BTW what's the series date/letter.
We know it was printed for the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
And we know it was printed at the Ft Worth facility.
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Just to make my opinion perfectly clear, I do not believe plate numbers, either front or rear, make any difference in value with modern notes. Except for the older notes I referred to in an earlier post, I've never read an auction description touting a plate number.
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I'll chime in here to add the most recent time someone was interested in plate numbers on modern notes was a gentleman trying to locate Series 2009 $10 JB-C notes to see what the face and back plate numbers were. Here's the thread for those interested http://goccf.com/t/261312My opinion is collecting plate numbers or plate number pairs on modern notes isn't likely to occur as the sheer amount of notes printed would quickly overwhelm a person and his/her finances. Others may disagree. -MV |
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Thanks for all your answers. I really appreciate all of them.
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Maybe it's just a coincidence, but the thread referenced by MVC and started by xxJOExx in May 2016, might have been preliminary research into an extensive article published in Paper Money magazine. The article, Anatomy of a Series by Joe Farrenkopf, dives deep into plate statistics for series 2009 $10 FRNs. A good read in the Nov/Dec 2018 edition of the magazine.
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Well,let me see: As for the plate numbers, I've not known anyone who collected by plate numbers--doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
However, earlier series had the MICRO and MACRO plate number sizes which made for interesting variations (mules) but that wouldn't necessary be collecting by plate numbers; would it?
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Posted 01/05/2019 5:29 pm
