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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 2656757, member: 11668&quot;]Exactly--this happens when the bad notes are caught before the sheets have been cut.&nbsp; In that case, the sheet containing the bad note is replaced by a sheet of stars.&nbsp; Then when the sheets are cut, you end up with a bunch of different straps all having a star in the middle, in the same spot in each strap.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the recent $1 printings (serialled on the new LEPE lines), the serial numbers are laid out in such a way that numerous consecutive straps come from the same stack of sheets.&nbsp; As a result, if you can get several consecutive straps of new currency, then they&#039;ll all have stars in the same locations (if they have any stars at all).&nbsp; E.g., if one strap has stars in place of the notes ending in 65 through 67, then the next few straps will also have stars in those same spots.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the higher denominations (serialled on the older COPE lines), the serials are laid out differently, and consecutive straps come from different stacks of sheets.&nbsp; So if one strap contains a few stars, the next strap might not, and vice versa.</p><p><br /></p><p>In practice, the BEP tends to use substantially more star notes in the form of replacement straps than they use in the form of replacement sheets.&nbsp; So they generally print larger runs of star notes when they&#039;re printing replacement straps, and smaller runs when they&#039;re printing replacement sheets.&nbsp; Therefore, as you said, when you find one or a few stars in the middle of a regular strap, they&#039;ll usually be scarcer short-run stars.&nbsp; But when you find a whole strap of star notes, they&#039;ll generally be more common stars from a longer run.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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