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Valued Member
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Okay, setting up an inventory for coin seems relatively straight forward ad you need to note the date, denomination, mint mark, etc. However, if I want to start keeping an inventory record of the paper moeny I have, what items should I keep record of?
I know you need the value (denomination), Serial number, series, but what else should I be including in the inventory data?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hmm.. Plate position, plate numbers, signatures.. Seal type/color..
All optional, though.. Except signatures and seal for older issues..
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Valued Member
United States
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I keep an inventory for my collection, and they only info I include is:
-Series year
-Denomination
-Serial number
-Quantity (as in, how many I have of a particular denom, and it's series)
-Sheets vs. single notes.
I'll also include other little things, like whether or not it's a star note, if it's a short print run, if it's a web press note, things like that.
Any other information, I feel is unnecessary.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Okay, seems like I need to get edumucated on paper currency. As I know absolutely nothing about plate position, plate numbers, short or long print runs, web press notes, etc. So can someone point me to some informaion in which I can start learning?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you have a dollar bill on you?
On the left hand side of the front, you'll see a small letter and number. This is the "plate position" of the note, and shows where on the 32-note sheet (for modern bills) the note was printed.
On the right-hand side, there are another letter and number. The number is the "plate number" of the plate that was used to print the bill. The letter should match the one on the left side; it's called a "check letter." a small FW means the note was printed in Fort Worth, Texas. No FW means Washington, DC.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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On the reverse, under the "E" in ONE is the plate number for the reverse printing plate.
Web press notes were experimental notes made by the BEP using new rotary printing presses. These notes were made during series 1988A, 1993, and 1995. They are designated with a single number on the right hand side of the front where the plate number usually is. No plate position markings. These are difficult to find in circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A good website for information is https://www.uspapermoney.info .. This has lots of information of modern small size notes, such as run size and month printed. Oh, regarding run size.. For modern star notes, runs of less than a million are "short runs".. "normal runs" are printed in quantities of either 3.2 or 6.4 million notes, usually.. Hope this helps!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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coinsearcher, thank you for all that info. I, in fact, found the website you referred to and have been spending most of the evening (at work no less because its slow) copying all that information into a document I could print out and study a bit.
I am a little lost on something though. I have a $5 bill that I was looking at while reading the info on that web page and it showed a H8 plate position, but I dont see how they get H8 from a 32-specimen sheet using the information given.
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Pillar of the Community
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No problem! About the five.. Are you sure it's not the plate number, found on the right hand side of the note? The plate position letters are A-H, and the numbers are 1-4.. 8(H) times 4 equals 32.. What is the series and serial of that note? Also, I think somewhere on that site is a PDF file with lots of info on it that's useful to download |
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Valued Member
United States
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Nope, it was the letter and number in the upper left hand side.
The serial number was IH 32087107 A. The plate number, if I am reading things correctly (lower right side) is A59 made in FW (Fort Worth)
The number in the lower left is A1 (by the signature).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh, gotcha H8 represents the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Missouri.. If you look at a one dollar bill, you'll see a black seal with a letter in it, and four corresponding numbers. On higher denominations, this is represented by a black letter/number under the serial number, like what you just found. This Letter/number combination is the FRB the bill was "sent to" after it was printed. I use quotation marks because the Gov doesn't really follow that rule anymore.. The FRBs and their call letters are: A1: Boston, Massachusetts B2: New York, New York C3: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania D4: Cleveland, Ohio E5: Richmond, Virginia F6: Atlanta, Georgia G7: Chicago, Illinois H8: St. Louis, Missouri I9: Minneapolis, Minnesota J10: Kansas City, Missouri K11: Dallas, Texas L12: San Francisco, California |
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Pillar of the Community
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So, on your bill, A1 (in the lower left) is the plate position, and fw A59 is the front plate number..
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Valued Member
United States
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Okay, cool. Thanks for all that great info. I'll be studying stuff for days on end now trying to get up to speed.
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Pillar of the Community
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Glad to be of assistance! Have fun!  |
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