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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1516311, member: 11668&quot;]This is not a mule.&nbsp; Ever since the Fort Worth BEP began production during Series 1988A, they&#039;ve used extra-large back plate numbers, so that their back plates will be distinguishable from the Washington back plates.&nbsp; So every note ever printed at FW has the oversized back plate number (except for a few errors).</p><p><br /></p><p>The mules with micro/macro plate numbers were printed back in the 1930s and 1940s, when the BEP enlarged the plate numbers to make them more readable.&nbsp; The old &quot;micro&quot; numbers were tiny, much smaller than anything used today.&nbsp; The &quot;macro&quot; size is equivalent to the *smaller* size in use today, on Washington notes.&nbsp; The size used on Fort Worth back plates is much larger than macro.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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