Series 1950A FRNs

I've been working on puzzling out the print run structure of the $5's, $10's, and $20's in Series 1950A. At some point during the printing of this series, the standard run size was changed from 8000 sheets to 20,000 sheets, but the BEP doesn't appear to have retained any record of just when this was done. So I'm trying to figure out the changeover points by back-calculating from observed notes. (See the plate position arithmetic thread if you really want the math details.)

The project is coming along very slowly because it's hard to find enough notes to work from. So, if you've got any 1950A notes handy, please check to see if they fall into the following serial ranges (between the high observed old-run-size note and the low observed new-run-size note). If you've got notes from these ranges, I could use the serial number and the plate position letter. Thanks much for any assistance!

1950A $5's:
A 418 16426 A - A 573 35805 A
B 221 92596 B - B 531 95379 B
C 469 00669 A - C 777 41758 A
D 575 30260 A - D 993 60000 A
E 567 62002 A - E 709 10092 A
F 524 16001 A - F 669 20123 A
G 132 97044 B - G 294 34877 B
H 429 18478 A - H 634 36188 A
I 118 08001 A - I 180 35426 A
J 254 91302 A - J 333 07686 A
K 245 11111 A - K 478 80000 A
L 550 08001 A - L 811 03037 A

1950A $10's:
A 709 92001 A - A 752 40000 B
B 012 29200 D - B 232 94223 D
C 859 72811 A - C 108 54204 B
D 973 26615 A - D 179 14702 B
E 617 76001 A - E 896 45621 A
F 637 92001 A - F 868 00224 A
G 136 00049 C - G 186 90345 C
H 496 07335 A - H 943 20000 A
I 207 43778 A - I 260 29719 A
J 367 42125 A - J 415 00439 A
K 332 64001 A - K 436 92688 A
L 082 82120 B - L 148 49484 B

1950A $20's:
A 231 84001 A - A 428 40000 A
B 924 83931 A - B 959 28716 A
C 347 07531 A - C 395 69147 A
D 540 19946 A - D 635 44125 A
E 730 35580 A - E 979 53165 A
F 421 77380 A - F 505 54497 A
G 769 95704 A - G 906 60440 A
H 296 26672 A - H 381 76394 A
I 092 16001 A - I 204 46827 A
J 227 52001 A - J 457 20000 A
K 227 52001 A - K 257 39590 A
L 803 90723 A - L 861 75644 A

 

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Here is what I have:

$20 B30562786B Front P# Q145- Back 841
$20 B05350098* Front P# P210- Back-904

$10 B23294223D Front P# M229- Back 1527
$10 B14985747* Front P# L285- Back 1561

$5 22192596B Front P# C163- Back 2165



Hope this helps..let me know if you want images??





RickieB

 

1950-C only

I'd like to help but currently have no 50-A series, but if you ever work on the C series similarly, here are two:

1950-C $10 H30663118B
1950-C $10 J02929554B

 

The only 50A I have is a $20 star note. Not sure if that helps or not?

D02877165* FP# R124 ~ BP#840

 

Numbers, please do keep us posted on what you find out.

Thanks..

RickieB

 

Here are mine Numbers, a $10 and $20

 

Well, a couple of the notes you posted narrowed the serial ranges I still need to look for--that's why I edited the top post. Thanks!

As far as the 1950C notes Krispy posted: It's not really a question of which series I choose to look into. There's a run-size changeover in the middle of Series 1950A, and I'm trying to track down the serial where it happened in each denomination and district.

Everybody else: Some nice notes there, but if they're not within the serial ranges I listed, I'm afraid they don't help for present purposes....

Anyway, thanks for the assistance, and please do keep posting any notes you run across that fall into the listed ranges. I need to know the serial number and the plate position letter (so that I can calculate the run size).

 

Numbers, I did some leg work for you, hope these help...
$5 L74921380A PP C
$5 D69841943A PP A
$5 D57593160A PP R
$5 D92831582A PP P
$10 B13700532D PP B
$10 E70735484A PP D
$10 K43679826A PP F
$10 B04914194D PP C
$10 A75133939A PP N
$10 F77523570A PP G
$20 G84859787A PP M
$20 B92483931A PP E
$20 D54019946A PP C
$20 C34839988A PP Q137
$20 C34839989A PP Q142
I'll get more tomorrow if these help.
Jay

 

Wow, great, thanks! Quite a few of those narrow down the ranges I need.

Hmmm...the forum isn't letting me update the top post again, though. Are you only allowed to edit a post once, or something?

 

Yes, there is some sort of time limitation, but I'm not sure how long that period is while you can still edit posts.

 

There is a time out for editing of 24 hrs...

Here is a link to another $5 in your range..

RickieB

http://www.donckelly.com/sm_type/f1962b.html

 

There's an ungraded Fr. 1962-B* $5 1950A Federal Reserve Star Note (Lot 31262) on HA.com that I had been tracking but it's gotten a little higher than I'd want to pay for it, esp. with some dirt/stains on the reverse:

$5 1950A
SN: B10603377*
Front plate number: I237
Back plate number: 2221

 

I was looking at that note also Krispy, but your right the stain on the rev. was distracting.

 

Here are some more for you Numbers...
$5 D80449638A ppI
$5 L80461440A ppJ

$10 H58346080A ppD
$10 C90709361A ppQ

$20 J35611358A ppQ
$20 C38707477A ppJ
$20 J29477915A ppP
$20 D60285841A ppL
$20 E76285366A ppN
$20 I10728410A ppJ
$20 J44034883A ppF
$20 J30447217A ppK

 

LOL.

I don't buy much from HA primarily due to the high taxes for items going to NY state addresses. But it just kills me to see how much of the final price on that item is BP! The bid amount was reasonable around $15 but the BP nearly doubles that. Final price was $34 inc. BP. :crying:

 

And another $5 shipping on top of that! You're right though, buying low dollar notes from HA, can turn into high $ notes fast. :headbang:

 

Looks mind boggling to me!!

 

what looks mind boggling to you?

 

Great, thanks to all! We're making excellent progress at narrowing the gaps between the highest known 8000-sheet-run notes and the lowest known 20,000-sheet-run ones. I only wish I could edit the top post to reflect the narrower ranges we still need to look in....