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<p>[QUOTE="Searcher64, post: 1082300, member: 21828"]According to the book I have on currency on p. 242 of Small Size U. S. Paper Money by Oakes and Schwartz <b><span style="color: red">6th edition</span></b>. The number of the 20's is <b><span style="color: red">320,000, 640,000 </span></b>instead of the <b><span style="color: sienna">millions</span></b> for the star notes from both books. I feel like some of the numbers are a mistake in the printing of the first book. Of the 12 branch banks only 8 had replacement notes. The lowest numbers came from Boston, and New York, and Philadelphia with only <b>320,000</b> each. Boston had two series with the same number, New York only had one, Philadelphia had three runs, but only one with <b>320,000</b>.</p><p>When you look at the <b><span style="color: red">9th edition</span></b>, the break down is different. Some of, but not all of the stars, are printed both in <b>Washington, DC</b> and <b>Fort Worth</b>,<b> TX,</b> so, you need to be aware of this too. Good find. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />-O)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Searcher64, post: 1082300, member: 21828"]According to the book I have on currency on p. 242 of Small Size U. S. Paper Money by Oakes and Schwartz [B][COLOR=red]6th edition[/COLOR][/B]. The number of the 20's is [B][COLOR=red]320,000, 640,000 [/COLOR][/B]instead of the [B][COLOR=sienna]millions[/COLOR][/B] for the star notes from both books. I feel like some of the numbers are a mistake in the printing of the first book. Of the 12 branch banks only 8 had replacement notes. The lowest numbers came from Boston, and New York, and Philadelphia with only [B]320,000[/B] each. Boston had two series with the same number, New York only had one, Philadelphia had three runs, but only one with [B]320,000[/B]. When you look at the [B][COLOR=red]9th edition[/COLOR][/B], the break down is different. Some of, but not all of the stars, are printed both in [B]Washington, DC[/B] and [B]Fort Worth[/B],[B] TX,[/B] so, you need to be aware of this too. Good find. (:-O)[/QUOTE]
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