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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 846905, member: 11668&quot;]Eh...what?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Runs of 333-1/3 sheets (4000 notes) and 666-2/3 sheets (8000 notes) were printed, but they didn&#039;t cause any serials to be omitted from the sequence.&nbsp; There was just a net wastage of 12 notes every time a run didn&#039;t end at a serial that was a multiple of 12.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>E.g., if the first run is one brick, 333-1/3 sheets, then the BEP actually prints 334 sheets, and numbers them 00000001 to 00004008.&nbsp; The extra eight notes are destroyed, and the 4000 notes are shipped out.&nbsp; If the next run is supposed to be two more bricks, 666-2/3 sheets, then it&#039;s printed as 667 sheets, and numbered 00003997 to 00012000.&nbsp; This time the four extra notes to be destroyed fall at the *beginning* of the run, because that&#039;s where they have to go in order to make the plate positions work out (serial 00004001 belongs in position E, not A, so the run has to start four serials too low).&nbsp; Overall result: the BEP had to print 12,012 notes in order to get 12,000 notes issued, but the issued notes are still numbered from 00000001 to 00012000 with no gaps or duplications.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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