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While I'm not quite done with my small size Federal Reserve Note type set, I thought I'd share what I have so far. I now have all the Friedberg design numbers for $1 through $100, 33 notes in all. When I eventually acquire the $500 and $1000 notes, they'll be worthy of their own topic. The $5000 and $10,000 notes are so astronomically far out of my budget I simply ignore them  . I know many find the small FRNs boring, but a type set nicely shows the evolution of the notes from 1928 to date. Most changes between the Friedberg designs are subtle up until the major redesigns of the $5 through $100 notes starting in the 1990's, but all those changes tell an interesting little story. There is a single Friedberg design number for the $1 and $2 denominations, as well as for all the large denominations. There are 6 design numbers for each of the $5, $10, $50 and $100 denominations, and 7 for the $20 (there is an additional one for the $20 when the reverse was redesigned during the series of 1934-C, as illustrated below). I have an extremely brief description of the key differences between the designs included with each note. These pics are screen grabs from a Powerpoint file I put together, something I've started doing for my various type sets. I just made this Powerpoint today, so I've not done a careful proofread yet. Apologies in advance for any goofs, as well as the so-so quality of the screen grab images...                 
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Very nice type set! 
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Moderator
 United States
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hokiefan_82, Nice effort on your part with nice results, kudos. John1 
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 United States
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Wow - that's a lot of lovely notes. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Love it, Love it, Love it ! Thanks for sharing HF82. It's always struck me as remarkable that the $1 FRN (1963) and the $2 FRN (1976) were so late to join the other small-size FRN denominations.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's quite a set, congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
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Thanks, everyone! Quote: It's always struck me as remarkable that the $1 FRN (1963) and the $2 FRN (1976) were so late to join the other small-size FRN denominations. Same here, Steve.
Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow awesome set. I see you like PMG graded notes. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, Dearborn and ghonk! @ghonk, if I have a choice between two equally graded notes with similar eye appeal from the different services, I'll generally go with the PMG note. Just my personal bias  . For all but two of my currency type sets I do have a mix of PMG and PCGS holders. For the FRN type set most of these notes are fairly easily obtainable in gem or better with EPQ/PPQ designations from either service, so I decided for consistency to just stick with PMG holders. I'm doing the same thing with my new fractional note type set for similar reasons. All my other sets are a mixture of holders...
Edited by hokiefan_82 07/16/2022 5:19 pm
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Looking good! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@hokie, another impressive set!
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