Question #8: Crane and Co. of Massachusetts has been the exclusive supplier of paper for printing US paper money for many years. Sort of. During the 20th century, the BEP printed a short run of notes on paper that is known not to have been supplied by Crane. What company supplied the paper? Bonus question: What are the serial number range(s) for the notes printed on this paper? Answer #8: I learned something new with this one. It turns out there were two answers, either of which is acceptable. Gilbert - 1963 $1 FRN, C60800001A - C61440000A Natick - 1977 A $1 FRN, E76800001H - E80640000H Almost all got it right that answered including the bonus. I thought I would see the R and S experimental series in an answer but you are smarter than that. c10ck3r 2 gsalexan 7 clayirving 7 wiggam007 9 TheNoost 8 Krispy 8 Duke Kavanaugh 1 Kasia 8 RonTerry 4 Conder101 1 lucyray 1 SteveInTampa 2 SteveInTampa has joined the contest also. Question #9: What is the first Series of Military Payment Certificates that was printed entirely by the BEP? Deadline for answering is Wednesday March 7, 2012 at 8:00pm Central. The Rules: 1. The contest will consist of a series of 20 questions about the BEP and its history. 2. One question will be posted at a time and run for five days. The closing date and time will be listed with the question. 3. Answers must be private messaged to me prior to the deadline. Answers received after the deadline will not be counted. Please do not answer on the board. 4. The correct answer will be posted when the time for answering has expired. 5. The person who answers the most questions correctly will win the first prize consisting of (1) the Durst reprint of the BEP Centennial book, (2) a CD-Rom of the Pick Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues and (3) a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. Second prize will be the same without the Durst reprint book. Third prize will only be a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. 6. If there is a tie at the end, the prize will go to the person who answered the first question correctly in the least amount of time. 7. I am the sole judge as to interpretation of the rules and whether an answer is correct.
