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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1422804, member: 11668&quot;]That&#039;s not a rumor...the note is 1969A $1 A00000000A, and is pictured in the old O&#039;Donnell catalog.&nbsp; Back when the BEP used to run the serial numbering all the way up to 99999999, the last note of the last strap of each block (the one *after* the 99999999) was printed with serial 00000000, because there weren&#039;t enough digits to print 100000000.&nbsp; The zero note was supposed to be treated as an &quot;error&quot; and replaced by a star, but in this one case, the inspector missed it and it went out into circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The entire 4000-note brick beginning with A99996001A was actually snagged by an alert bank teller and sold into the collector market.&nbsp; The 1969A A..A block is a bit scarce (only 800,000 printed), but it&#039;s not as expensive as some other scarce blocks, thanks in part to those 4000 notes.&nbsp; At one point, the 99996001 and 00000000 notes were part of the same collection, along with the BEP label from the brick showing its serial range; but I have no idea whether they&#039;re still together.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the specimens you posted, though: the last four look very odd, with the typeface of the serial numbers being completely different from that used on the issued notes of these series.&nbsp; Without the PCGS holders I&#039;d&#039;ve called these very bad fakes, and even *with* the PCGS holders I&#039;m not entirely sure what to think....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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