Worth adding: the delayed target date for the next redesign cycle, from 2020-ish to 2026-ish, was the result of security concerns. Some of the...
A plate prints either 32 (4x8) or 50 (5x10) bills on a large sheet. The presses use several plates at a time, so that one plate can be inked...
Well, the serials only begin with 888 this time, rather than 8888. That allows for 100,000 notes to be printed in a single block. Which makes...
o_O I'd think that the 7-digit ladders and the 23456777 would get at least enough premium to be worth Ebaying, though probably not TPG-ing. You...
Well...not really. Prior to Series 2006, *all* of the higher-denomination ($10 and up) uncut sheets were star sheets. And where $20's are...
They start at 1 and go up from there. These days, they typically restart at 1 every time there's a new series, so they generally don't get higher...
It's standard practice to test the inking by printing a sheet from a plate that's inked but not wiped. It's *not* standard practice to send that...
If that were the case, it wouldn't have serial numbers and seals. Somehow a sheet from an inking test stayed in the production stream and went...
Well, I'm not sure how *many* collectors would really be interested. But we do exist! :D
For the $1 through $20 denominations, circulation printings go up to 96000000. But for $50's and $100's, they go up to 99200000. (And before...
I think this may be the sticking point. The notes Drawde is describing are certainly collectible, but they aren't "low serial numbers", and...
Other way around. The various $2 collector products are printed using extra sheets that are intaglio-printed during the regular production for...
There are no $2 notes on the FY2018 print order, so it would be very odd if the BEP created Series 2017 $2 printing plates at this point just to...
Also, be aware that serialling of circulation-issue notes hasn't gone all the way up to 99999999 in over forty years. These days, most...
Yeah, and the Series 2017 $20 went into production in December. So we'll probably see slightly higher plate numbers as the last of the 2013 $20's...
These are $2's, which are printed in small quantities--I don't think the plate numbers on 1995 $2's even got up to 20. So the 1/1 combination...
I once had an ATM give me three $10's instead of three $5's. The next morning I went to a teller and tried to return the extra $15, and I was...
Afraid it's going to be standard procedure going forward. There were too many problems with the older souvenir cards showing currency...
Yes, different ink. You can also see the difference on brand-new bills: you can smear the Fed seal a bit with your thumb, but not the intaglio...
That's not a lot of information to go on.... Can you be more specific about the series, block letters, and serial numbers?
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