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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rugrats2001, post: 2613553, member: 18266&quot;]I&#039;m not sure how any of these things means that star notes are no longer necessary. </p><p><br /></p><p>When sheets of currency were increased in size from 12 to 18 notes each way back in 1952, the BEP started &#039;skip numbering&#039; the notes exactly like you mention for the 50 note sheets, and they began cutting them in stacks of 100. This was over 60 years ago.&nbsp; This in no way eliminates the need for star notes, since BETWEEN printing and cutting they have to be examined for defects. When a sheet is found defective, a sheet of star notes is inserted in its place and then the stack of sheets is cut.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If they don&#039;t replace removed notes, then there is no way to monitor starting and ending numbers, and the BEP and the Fed are all about accountability. It just can&#039;t be acceptable to have a fresh pack of 100 bills start with serial number AA00000101A and end with AA00000208A because 8 notes were removed due to defects and not replaced. And defective notes will always occur and always need to be removed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Really, to get rid of star notes on a cost-effective basis, the BEP would need to get rid of serial numbers all together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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