Ok, folks....here is a quick quiz that might or might not test folks. Can anyone tell me what is unique about this one dollar note? I will post the answer later....thanks.
Answer to Quiz Ok, guys....sorry, I didn't think that it was too difficult. Ok here is the answer as to why this note is a bit unique. This note is part of 2 different serial number blocks printed in Aug 2007 and Sept 2007 where the New York District notes were printed in Fort Worth, TX. Looking at the serial number ranges on uspapermoney.info the following two blocks were the only blocks that were printed in Fort Worth rather than DC. I went all the way back to 1988 where they stopped highlighting where notes were printed and these two blocks were the only NY District done in Fort Worth: Aug 07 - B 89600001 B thru B 64000000 D Sep 07 - B 64000001 D thru B 51200000 F I go thru about $400-600 dollars of $1 note bundles every couple of weeks and I have come across only 3 circulated examples of these serial blocks. I wish I could find a couple of uncirculated examples.
New York District notes are usually printed in Washington, DC. There are two blocks of notes (serial numbers listed) that for whatever reason the BEP printed in Fort Worth rather than in DC. Usually District A thru District E are all printed in DC and District F thru L are printed in Fort Worth (though District F is printed in both DC and Fort Worth). I hope this helps....
Attached is a scan of another BB block 2006 New York $1 note that wasn't printed in FW. Check where I have circled on both close ups. One has an FW in front of the plate check number -- which means it was printed in Fort Worth. The new one doesn't which means it was printed in DC. This is how they identify whether a $1 is printed in DC or Fort Worth.
i understand the bep issues notes from both FW and DC. and 'for the most part' they do kind of split up the districts into 1/2 and 1/2 of FW and DC ... but its not a rule! they can and do go outside of that rule. But, as your research suggests, if there were only 2 blocks PERIOD of all the notes printed at FW from the New York district.. well then .. thats kind of cool. kind of a very specialized way of collecting lol but we each follow our interests
The simple answer to the quiz is that this was the first time in history that "B" district $1 notes were printed at the Fort Worth printing facility, which first started operations in 1991. The guy who runs uspapermoney.info who is known as "Numbers" on here suggested that this might have been done because the DC facility was too busy and focused on printing twenty's to stockpile for the future.
How much would something like this go for, seeing as many people don't pay attention to those sort of things (at least I dont :goofer
This is the only part of this discussion that matters. If it matters. First NY FRN printed in FW??? All these modern $1 notes are printed in the billions. Wanna collect $1.00??? Go find the harder to find blocks in the later SC series. 1935G motto, 1935H etc with only 30 mill or so printed....Find a run of 1935H E-J etc....
Hey Smaugy...:loud: dont let out the secret about New York notes...heck everyone will be collecting them and it will be even harder for me to finish this crazy goal of mine!!! LOL RickieB
This *particular* note would probably sell for about $1, seeing as (a) it's circulated and (b) the entire B..C block was printed at Fort Worth, unusual as this is for New York notes. What *might* get a few bucks over face, in CU condition at least, would be a B..B note from Fort Worth. Checking those serial ranges that Smaugy posted, you'll note that B00000001B through B89600000B were printed at Washington, while B89600001B through B96000000B were printed at Fort Worth. With only one print run (6.4 million notes) of this block having been printed at the Western facility, the B..B from Fort Worth could wind up being a bit scarce in the collector market. (Or it might not, if a large number of CU packs found their way to a dealer, but it's at least a possibility to be alert for.) There are all sorts of interesting quirks in the DC/FW printings that you can collect if you want to. Another recent one involves the 2003A $1 F..M block; this is the first, and so far only, block in any denomination to have been split into as many as *four* separate serial groups by the switches between printing facilities: F00000001M - F06400000M Fort Worth F06400001M - F76800000M Washington F76800001M - F89600000M Fort Worth F89600001M - F96000000M Washington Since the first and fourth groups are each only a single print run, and the third group isn't exactly huge either, it might be a bit of a challenge to collect all four groups in CU condition. Incidentally, for anyone interested in collecting by serial blocks or serial groups this way, I've got breakdowns of all the recent series on my website here. Happy hunting!
