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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 1387216, member: 6986&quot;]Question #8: Crane and Co. of Massachusetts has been the exclusive supplier of paper for printing US paper money for many years. Sort of. During the 20th century, the BEP printed a short run of notes on paper that is known not to have been supplied by Crane. What company supplied the paper?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bonus question: What are the serial number range(s) for the notes printed on this paper?</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Answer #8: I learned something new with this one.&nbsp; It turns out there were two answers, either of which is acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gilbert - 1963 $1 FRN, C60800001A - C61440000A</p><p>Natick - 1977 A $1 FRN, E76800001H - E80640000H </p><p><br /></p><p>Almost all got it right that answered including the bonus.&nbsp; I thought I would see the R and S experimental series in an answer but you are smarter than that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>c10ck3r 2</p><p>gsalexan 7</p><p>&nbsp;clayirving 7</p><p>wiggam007 9</p><p>&nbsp;TheNoost 8</p><p>Krispy 8</p><p>Duke Kavanaugh 1</p><p>&nbsp;Kasia 8</p><p>RonTerry 4</p><p>Conder101 1</p><p>lucyray 1</p><p>SteveInTampa 2</p><p><br /></p><p>SteveInTampa has joined the contest also.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Question #9: What is the first Series of Military Payment Certificates that was printed entirely by the BEP?</p><p><br /></p><p>Deadline for answering is Wednesday March 7, 2012 at 8:00pm Central.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rules:</p><p>1. The contest will consist of a series of 20 questions about the BEP and its history.</p><p>2. One question will be posted at a time and run for five days. The closing date and time will be listed with the question.</p><p>3. Answers must be private messaged to me prior to the deadline. Answers received after the deadline will not be counted. Please do not answer on the board.</p><p>4. The correct answer will be posted when the time for answering has expired.</p><p>5. The person who answers the most questions correctly will win the first prize consisting of (1) the Durst reprint of the BEP Centennial book, (2) a CD-Rom of the Pick Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues and (3) a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. Second prize will be the same without the Durst reprint book. Third prize will only be a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series.</p><p>6. If there is a tie at the end, the prize will go to the person who answered the first question correctly in the least amount of time.</p><p>7. I am the sole judge as to interpretation of the rules and whether an answer is correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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