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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 803842, member: 11668&quot;]Series 1957 was the first to be printed on the new 32-subject presses.&nbsp; At first, the BEP only had a few of the new presses--not enough to handle all $1 note production, let alone anything else.&nbsp; So they kept on printing 1935F $1&#039;s on the old 18-subject presses while they were printing 1957 $1&#039;s on the new presses.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The next time the signatures changed, the new-press $1&#039;s became Series 1957A, while the old-press $1&#039;s became 1935G.&nbsp; Another signature change, and we had 1957B and 1935H.&nbsp; Soon after that changeover, the BEP finally got enough new presses to cover the whole demand for $1&#039;s--that&#039;s why such a small number of 1935H $1&#039;s were printed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The higher denominations were then converted over to 32-subject printing, and a similar pattern exists in those series dates: Series 1963 from the new presses is contemporary with Series 1950D from the old presses.&nbsp; And after yet another signature change, Series 1963A is contemporary with Series 1950E.&nbsp; Those 1950E notes were the last currency printed on the last few old 18-subject presses before they were taken out of service, which is why that series is so scarce--by this time, the new presses were handling almost all of the workload.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The whole transition lasted some eleven years, from the first printings of 1957 $1&#039;s in 1957, to the last shipment of 1950E $10&#039;s in 1968.&nbsp; It&#039;s a wonder the BEP could keep track of *what* they were printing, with all of that going on for so long....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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