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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 844650, member: 11668&quot;]This is not a replacement note.&nbsp; Star replacement notes weren&#039;t used before 1910 (though they appear in some series dated as early as 1880, because those series were still in production after 1910...).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The question of USN vs. FRN has nothing to do with it--I&#039;m sure the grading services all include the * in the serial numbers of USN star notes (replacement notes).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For whatever reason, it&#039;s traditional not to transcribe the non-meaningful serial prefix/suffix characters that appear on many large-size notes.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing this is probably because many of them don&#039;t have obvious keyboard equivalents.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Until a couple months ago, I would&#039;ve explained that all large-size star (replacement) notes used a hollow-center star, while all large-size notes that had a star as a random serial terminator used a solid star.&nbsp; But, somebody recently discovered a very early 1899 $1 star note with a solid star character, so it appears that at least the first few thousand star replacement notes were serialled with solid stars.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I remember correctly, aside from the Rainbow series, the only notes to use a star as a meaningless serial terminator are the Coin Notes of 1890 and 1891.&nbsp; None of these series used star replacement notes, so the distinction should be pretty clear....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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