Numbers: Looking through some old uncutt sheets of $2 Series 1976 I was looking in 9th Edition S&L Small Size Book. It list the Plate numbers as Front 1-80, 93, 94 and 98 Back Numbers as 1-78, 84 and 100. It also list's uncutt sheets with I-B and I-C blocks only. I have a 4 note uncut sheet I-A Front Plate # E100, F100, G100, H100 Back Plate all notes are 7 SN's I98908952A, I98948952A, I98988952A, I99028952A..... Thought you might want to know.
Yes, I am aware of that. What book is 100% accurate? Knowing the comprehensive nature of what Numbers record's..I thought it may give partial insight to make additions and or corrections to recorded infomation.
If you don't already have it bookmarked, http://www.uspapermoney.info/ is a pretty amazing site for this kind of thing.
His site is a great reference. Thanks for contributing RickieB. I do my part where I can, but alas I don't have a lot to.
Once upon a time before my illness my collection was ~ 500 notes of which ~65 were Large Size, 12-14 Obsoletes, 2.5 Issues of Fractionals and bookoo Small Size...I am willing to bet you that your collection far out paces anything I have remaining..lol The point being...you never know what is going to happen to you..but the study you accquire can never be taken from your mind.
The BEP records on 1976 $2.00 star sheets are incomplete. The serial and block information in SL is based partly on observed examples. Reports like this are necessary to close the information gap.
Estimated serial ranges for the 1976 $2 non-star uncut sheets: B99200001B - B99999999B B99200001C - B99999999C E99200001A - E99999999A E99200001B - E99999999B F99200001A - F99999999A I98720001A - I99999999A I99680001B - I99999999B I99680001C - I99999999C Your I..A sheet fits right into that range, assuming the plate positions are E1 to H1. These 1976 $2 non-star sheets are a weird case. The 1976 $2 star sheets were leftovers from the regular printings of Series 1976; the BEP had a lot of extra stars left over when they realized $2's weren't catching on and cut off production of the series. It took them nearly a decade to sell all of those star sheets to the public. Only then did they print the non-star sheets, in the late '80s and early '90s. They all have high FP numbers (around 100) and low BP numbers (single digits). All of the plates used to print these sheets were presumably made in the late '80s for that purpose, so it's a bit mysterious why the faces continued the numbering from the earlier 1976 $2 plates but the backs didn't.... As to the S&L book, it's very erratic in its listings of uncut sheets and other collector products. It used to ignore them; in recent editions some of them have been added in (typically only those that create new blocks not used for the circulation issues) but the listings are still very incomplete. The Azpiazu book is much more thorough regarding the collector printings, but alas, no less prone to typos.
It doesn't matter, whether a book is incorrect or not. It's a base line of information, for us to draw from. We, on this forum have much information to give and to take. If we do not learn, then we lose. I also have found inconsistency in all books, and other materials. Just keep giving out new information for all. Thanks.:rollling:
