More like 1 out of 55...which means the average strap of circulated notes contains almost two of these. Nothing that common is likely to command...
Well, the series year is the date the Secretary takes office, so they'd be Series 2013 (or conceivably 2012, but that seems unlikely given the...
Sure it did. Back then, there were basically no other ways to handle large payments over significant distances, besides a big sack of gold or...
Even if we *don't* get a new president, Geithner has already stated his intentions of stepping down after the election. So we expect to see a new...
I don't think this is a fake error. On the fake errors, the black Fed seal is shifted but the black district numbers are typically left alone....
Some, but that's going to be true (to some extent) of any reference you use. S&L has some glitches, but it's not bad overall; it's gone through...
On the 1902 Nationals there's actually a meaning to the change: they started using the blue seal in 1908 when they started printing the Date Back...
Yes, that's how the notes were packaged for many years. Each 100 notes were in a paper strap, and then forty of those straps were placed between...
That's the plate date, but it's only slightly less useless than the series date if you're trying to figure out when the note was actually printed....
Yes, there's still a bias in favor of shipping notes to the "correct" district when that happens to be convenient. That's especially true for the...
The "printing presses" involved in QE3 are entirely metaphorical. When the Fed buys billions of dollars worth of securities, it doesn't pay for...
Assuming I can interpret the question correctly.... Up until 1983, the BEP always sent newly printed Federal Reserve Notes to their "home"...
What series are you looking at? For older notes, the S&L book gives the low/high reported serials, because official serial data on some older...
Nobody has any idea, and the BEP hasn't given anything resembling a coherent answer in response to inquries. The best explanation I've got, for...
Check that figure: I think you want 1,872,012. :cool:
This is not a mule. Ever since the Fort Worth BEP began production during Series 1988A, they've used extra-large back plate numbers, so that...
Since the BEP started selling uncut sheets of $20's, there have only been six blocks issued: 1996 AL..* 2004 EA..* 2004A GA..* 2006 IB..A 2009...
Yes, read the GAO report. But actually *read* it; don't just look at the title and the summary. That report is where I got the information in my...
Your assumptions are wrong. :cool: The government doesn't "borrow" Federal Reserve Notes. Rather, the Federal Reserve buys up government bonds...
No, the 1995 $5 has the "USA 5" polymer strip embedded in the paper. Series 1988A was the last time the $5 was printed on...
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