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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 3588905, member: 9270&quot;]It was now 1933 and the Secretary of the Treasury changed so the Series changed to 1928-B to accommodate the new signature.</p><p>Plus the BEP continued to see if by changing the paper they could get circulating currency to last longer.</p><p>So like the 1928-A Series some of the 1928-B $1 notes were printed on different types of paper.</p><p>As before the differences were the relative amounts of linen and cotton paper fibers.</p><p>And as before the X-B and Y-B groups were on two different experimental papers and the Z-B group was the control printed on the regular paper.</p><p>Again the differences are not obvious to the eye.</p><p>They can only be told apart by the block designators (X-B, Y-B &amp; Z-B) and serial numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The test notes I&#039;m posting show significant circulation but that was the purpose of the test.</p><p>They were released in early 1933.</p><p><br /></p><p>1928-B normal issue.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_AgCert-o-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_AgCert-r-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the test group.</p><p>1928-B $1 X-B block on experimental paper.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_XB_Experimental-o-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_XB_Experimental-r-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1928-B $1 Y-B block on experimental paper.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_YB-Experimental-x-20.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_YB-Experimental-o-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_YB-Experimental-r-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1928-B $1 Z-B block on regular paper.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_ZB-Experimental-o-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/1928-B_ZB-Experimental-r-40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Their values are a bit higher than the 1928-A test set.</p><p>Again for me it was a matter of finding one of each.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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