They changed from micro to macro once, in the late 1930s. From then on, all notes used the macro-size numbers until 1991, when the Fort Worth...
Part of the problem is that various posters in this thread are thinking of three or four different mutually incompatible definitions of the word...
They are not. As of a couple years ago (and I think it's still correct today), the BEP has eight of the new SOI presses and fourteen of the older...
Relevant point which is getting lost in the recent media coverage: This isn't news. The fact that the next currency generation would be delayed...
We've been seeing these overinked third digits ever since the BEP started numbering currency on LEPE. Not sure exactly why they happen, but...
These were used to pay our troops in WWII, first in North Africa but later in other locations in the Mediterranean theater too. The idea is that...
In addition to what others have said.... Comparing the Barr notes to the web notes really highlights the difference that hoarding makes. The...
The trouble is that the rare $1 stars command high prices precisely because there are a fair number of collectors who've got all the common $1...
Serialling on large-size notes was a bit irregular. As the volume of currency in circulation increased, the Treasury had to keep inventing new...
Well, CYBEHIP is just "souvenir" spelled in the Cyrillic alphabet, so either they're intended as novelties, or somebody wants to have plausible...
I'm not sure that displaying it would be practical. Just the $1 FRNs, 1963-2013, would require 1667 regular notes and 228 stars for a basic block...
Actually, judging by the uneven bottom border, I think it's probably just damage--the note was normal when it left the BEP, and later had an...
Years ago, in college, I found a $5 on the floor of the college bookstore. When I turned it in, they asked for my telephone number--and 30 days...
Nice. Meanwhile, I ordered another Lucky Panda from the Mint last week, and it arrived today: H88885988F. :( Position D2 and plates 22/31, for...
2008: all except H, I, J 2009: all except I, J 2010: all except I, J 2011: all twelve, but A, C, D are artificial rarities with very few issued...
On a related note, here's an old post where I worked out some more of the math on just how rare some of the fancy (and not-really-fancy) serial...
Yes, but that won't make it worth a premium, because it's still too common. If you do the math, about 1 in every 144 serial numbers is a trinary,...
Yeah. Traditionally, bookend serials needed to have zeroes in the middle: 14000014. If you allow any old digits in the middle, they become way...
The ink transfer is way too minor to matter, and the serial number is not nearly fancy enough to matter. It's safe to spend this one. Keep...
It's more dramatic than I've seen before, but it'll probably be not-too-uncommon going forward. The new computerized numbering heads that are...
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