hi all, just added this beauty to my collection a week or so ago, figured some might like to see the new two Lew grabbed I also added a 1976 $2.00 Minneapolis star radar but did not scan it because i promised to keep the # secret for a while. others were interested, but it came to me hope you like seeing this lovely red sealed beauty!
Lou, As a dealer you get some great bills. When I use to go to Memphis I liked to talk to you and all the crowd down there. I use to be a Toll Collector on the Mid-Hudson Bridge in NYS. I sold everyone some of the bills I found at the toll booths. Dean 295
- Actually dan, i tried spending it at taco bell but they thought it was counterfiet & called the police seriously, thanks all, it was no easy addition! i have had me eye on this for the better part of a decade! the collector friend of mine who owned it finally started breaking up his things and i was able to put a hold on ALL the $2.00's. i am hoping to bring the 1963A $2.00 A00000035A into my humble holdings by the fall, along with a few other goodies! all in all there are over 45 notes, funding the swap will require just a bit of time and effort since about 1/2 are in this rarity range!
If they printed them in the same fashion for the 1928's as they do today this is the from the next to the 24th from last sheet in the run not the second sheet. As they are printed the numbers count down not up.
They didn't print them the modern way; that only goes back to the '50s. Exactly how they did print them is only partially known. There were 12 notes per sheet, and the six notes in each column were numbered consecutively, so that serials 00000001 through 00000006 all came from one sheet. The numbering of the two halves of each sheet varied; sometimes all twelve notes on the sheet were consecutive, but at other times the serials on the two halves differed by several thousand. And it seems to be an open question whether the numbering counted upward or downward within each press run.... This particular note being from plate position L, it seems likely that the first run of $2 USNs was serialled with twelve consecutive numbers on each sheet (otherwise, serial 00000024 would presumably land in position F). That'd make this note come from the second sheet in serial order, which would consist of notes 00000013 to 00000024. And even for modern notes, which are known to be numbered backward, collectors always refer to the sheet numbers in serial order (sheet #1 of a print run is the one with the lowest number of the run on it), so I think it's safe to use the "second sheet printed" wording. It's also not unlikely that the sheet originally left the BEP in uncut form, and was later cut to provide lots of low-serial notes to lots of different collectors. At least, that was the fate of some of the first few dozen sheets of 1928 $1 silvers....
thanks numbers, you saved me the long explaination:hail: this sheet was indeed numbered consecutively, hence, as you mentioned, the "L" position, and DID leave the treasury uncut! now..... if i can just find the 1928 $1.00 legal tender mate A00000024A!!! glad you all enjoyed seeing the note!
yes....... but i posted the 1928 $2.00 Legal Tender... i would LOVE to add it's $1.00 Legal Tender mate to the collection..... or the $5.00 mate for that matter
