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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 329129, member: 8033&quot;]WOW Dave!</p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of questions and good ones at that. Unfortunately if we (currency collectors) were to answer all of them we&#039;d be writing a book. They have been written so might I suggest buying a book?</p><p><br /></p><p>For currency you&#039;ll see on a regular, fairly regular, rare basis I always suggest: </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Standard Guide&nbsp; to Small Size U.S. Paper Money 1928 to Date&quot; by John Scwartz and Scott Lindquist.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s kind of like a &quot;redbook&quot; for small size paper. If you get one get the 8th edition as it&#039;s the newest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;ll take a stab at a few of your questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>On one and two dollar notes the first letter represents the district it was printed for. There are twelve districts.</p><p><br /></p><p>A is Boston</p><p>B is New York</p><p>C is Philadelphia</p><p>D is Cleveland</p><p>E is Richmond</p><p>F is Atlanta</p><p>G is Chicago</p><p>H is St. Louis</p><p>I is Minneapolis</p><p>J is Kansas City</p><p>K is Dallas</p><p>L is San Franciso</p><p><br /></p><p>On the newer notes from $5 up there will be an additional letter in front of the &quot;District&quot; letter such as A through L. This identifies the series. For example a $20 note with an AB brefix means it is from the 1996 series New York District.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now let&#039;s go back to singles. The letter after the 8 digit serial number combined with the district (prefix) is what is known as a &quot;block&quot;. Some blocks can be very rare. This gets us into runs. There are 6.4 million notes per run with a possible total of 15 runs.</p><p>A block with only one run is scarce in high grades as most people just spend them and paper wears out AND it gets destroyed when worn out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Am I coming off as a SA? Really don&#039;t mean to but making a point. There are SO many variables involved that it behooves you to do some serious reading. Coins have a mintmark and numbers assigned to them along with a year in which they were minted. (except for errors, etc.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Currency takes that equation and magnifies it so to speak. Rare notes can be found in circulation. Believe me I&#039;ve done it but had to know what to look for.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the pack of $2 notes you got there may be some goodies in there. First we&#039;ll need a lot more information.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WELCOME to currency!</p><p><br /></p><p>clembo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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