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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 25400636, member: 18867&quot;]Trodden wrote:</p><p><br /></p><p>“<i>Basically when they print a run of notes, they print of a set of &quot;star&quot; notes as a backup replacement, in case any of the main run of notes are defective in some way to the point they&#039;re not fit to be issued.</i>”</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t believe this is correct. From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>“<i>As quality control finds defective notes in the printing process after the serial number has been overprinted, they are taken out with their serial number written down and replaced with another banknote printed specifically for this purpose, so that the number of banknotes being printed stays the same in each production batch. This saves time and money compared to re-printing exactly the same serial number that was used before. It is rare that the replacement banknote has the same serial number as the original faulty one. A replacement note will have its own serial-numbering system that separates it from the normal numbering system</i>.</p><p><i>As quality control finds defective notes in the printing process after the serial number has been overprinted, they are taken out with their serial number written down and replaced with another banknote printed specifically for this purpose, so that the number of banknotes being printed stays the same in each production batch. This saves time and money compared to re-printing exactly the same serial number that was used before. It is rare that the replacement banknote has the same serial number as the original faulty one. A replacement note will have its own serial-numbering system that separates it from the normal numbering system.”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Star Notes are not printed for every run, “<i>just in case</i>” — That would be horribly wasteful and expensive. Star Notes are printed as replacements for <i>defective</i> notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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