Do certain plate position and numbers have any collectibility value? It seems like an odd thing to collect but hey, you never know lol. This note isn't in the best condition for collecting but it did make me curious if there was a market for them.
I have a few with matching front/back plate numbers. Oooops, forgot I gave them to a young collector at local club; there were only four notes.
Not to me, but as you said, maybe to some others. When the BEP went to sheets of 50, it made it more difficult, but if you are talking about smaller runs, then maybe position would matter.
I don’t know of any collectors that collect by BP number. There are collectors that look for certain BP numbers on certain series older notes, like BP #637 on 1934A $5 SCs.
Thanks everyone. I thought it was a long shot but you never know, lol. Sorry for the slow reply, life has been busy.
There are Mules in the $1 Silver Certificate and $1 FRN series (I don't know about the higher face value issues). A note is labeled a "Mule" when a back plate number is used on two consecutive series. They tend to be worth a little bit more, and in a few rare cases a LOT more. The only source I know of for back plate numbers is Robert Azpiazu's Collector's Guide to Modern Federal Reserve Notes Series 1963-2009, published in 2011. The Guide is out of print and I don't think there are newer editions. I guess you could also get back plate numbers using the Freedom of Information Act to get BEP records.
This is a mule note because it is a new 1963 face plate printed with a 1957 B Silver Certificate back plate — Back plate numbers 447 and lower are mule notes.
