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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1093291, member: 11668&quot;]A &quot;block&quot; is the combination of letters at the start and end of the serial number. So a &quot;block set&quot; for the 1977A series would be a set of all the different letters that were used.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It looks like <a href="http://www.uspapermoney.info/groups/f1977asB.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uspapermoney.info/groups/f1977asB.txt" rel="nofollow">the 1977A $1&#039;s</a> used 43 different regular blocks, plus 12 star blocks. The image you posted is from the A..* block, so your grandfather&#039;s set apparently includes the star blocks, which is good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t know much about pricing here. The H..D and K..G blocks had the lowest printing totals for the series, and the B..A block is interesting because there was an odd serialling rollover there, so those are probably the highest-valued individual notes. Even the common blocks would retail for several dollars each, though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It might be worth checking whether the set includes the rare Natick paper test notes. Small quantities of E..H and E..* notes were printed on currency paper that was ordered from different manufacturer than normal, as the Treasury was trying to establish a backup paper supply, just in case. Some collectors would&#039;ve included those notes in a block set, and they&#039;d be worth *much* more than the ordinary notes from these blocks. The serial ranges for the Natick notes are E76800001H-E80640000H and E07052001*-E07680000*.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hope this helps!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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