Is this real or is someone making these themselves

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1774057768...ar+note+2013+b&sacat=40029&relatedSearch=true

 

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I can't comment about the description and I am not a currency expert by any measure, but that bill in the sellers photo looks PAH. (Phony as heck).

Happy collecting!

 

I'd forgotten about the "duplicate serial numbers" thing. If I remember correctly, each note's worth only face value on its own, but if you come into possession of two notes with the same serial, you've hit the jackpot. That makes it hard to figure out how to value these.

I assume the seller is offering single notes, and I don't see any reason to doubt that they're authentic. But I'm not a currency guy.

 

What i took from the post is that this person has $2 bills that match the serial numbers from 2013 B star notes.
If I have learned correctly, the 2013 B star notes (from certain serial number to certain serial number) are already duplicates. My question is...is it possible that a different denomination, $2 notes, can have the same serial numbers that the already duplicate star notes have?

 

This is the full description from the seller

 

Makes me think that this person is creating fake bills. But if someone reads this differently than I, please explain it to me.

 

Duplicate serial numbers are only on $1 star notes from series 2013 B with certain numbers being duplicates...
Correct?

 

Okay, let me make that "really, really not a currency guy".

Sorry for adding noise to the discussion. Yeah, I was probably misremembering the $1 star episode. So, no idea... maybe this seller figures having a $2 to match your $1 is still kinda cool, or something? I mean, lots of serial numbers must be matchable across denominations and series, given that they're just more or less sequential numbers. Seems like an odd thing to collect, but I'm hardly one to talk....

 

My understanding from the description is the seller compiled notes printed in 2017 that match the same Federal Reserve District, and same serial number. The difference being that the valuable duplicate note would be from the 2013 run.

There is no added value IMO having the same serial number from different years. It's nothing more than a fabricated novelty.