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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 307435, member: 2098&quot;]The way things worked with series dating was very different back then than it is today. The series year back then went by soley the design of a bill. The $1 FRN first came out in the year 1963, hence for the series year 1963. When a treasurer or secretary of the treasury left and a new signature was put in place, it had a letter added under the date. The only reason why series 1969 became series 1969 and not series 1963C was because the treasury seal was changed from Latin into English. This was considered a design change; hence for the new series date. This system changed under Secretary of the Treasury Simon who changed the way series dating would work. He put forth new rules which made it so that whenever the Secretary would leave, the series date would change to when the Secretary of the Treasury was signed into office(or a change in design was made). Only when the Treasurer left would the series date remain the same and a letter added under the date. This was all as a result of the high rate of signature changes with series 1969 which went up to 1969D. More proof of when Barr notes were printed can be found by looking at the plate number of the back of the bills from the era. Series 1963 plain is in the 400s, 1963A is in the 400-800s(since this series had the longest print run in the 1960s), and Barr notes are in the 900-1000 range. The back plate numbers did not reset until series 1981 when further rule changes were made so if you bought a strap of ones and checked them from the back and found a bill with back plate number 1500 you can reasonably guess that it will probably be from series 1969C without having to check the date on the front.</p><p>-NOS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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