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<p>[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 3225177, member: 11668"]I think it's just to keep the BEP's record-keeping from getting too complex.... Every run always reserves a full 3,200,000 serial numbers, even if it doesn't use them all. That way, when the BEP needs to print the next star run, they don't have to look up all the details of the previous star runs to know where to start the next run--they just have to look up how many previous runs there've been.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, star run 4 of *any* series/denom/district will always begin at serial number 09600001, no matter how long runs 1 through 3 may have been.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the only difference between star notes and regular notes is that star notes are sometimes printed in partial runs. The BEP leaves a gap after the partial run precisely so that the existence of the partial run *won't* change the numbering of the next run. If they didn't leave these gaps, the star numbering would be much more confusing; we could get a full-length run with a weird serial range like 01952001-05152000. It would no longer be possible to just look at a note and know which run it belonged to--you'd have to check against the production reports every single time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 3225177, member: 11668"]I think it's just to keep the BEP's record-keeping from getting too complex.... Every run always reserves a full 3,200,000 serial numbers, even if it doesn't use them all. That way, when the BEP needs to print the next star run, they don't have to look up all the details of the previous star runs to know where to start the next run--they just have to look up how many previous runs there've been. For example, star run 4 of *any* series/denom/district will always begin at serial number 09600001, no matter how long runs 1 through 3 may have been. So the only difference between star notes and regular notes is that star notes are sometimes printed in partial runs. The BEP leaves a gap after the partial run precisely so that the existence of the partial run *won't* change the numbering of the next run. If they didn't leave these gaps, the star numbering would be much more confusing; we could get a full-length run with a weird serial range like 01952001-05152000. It would no longer be possible to just look at a note and know which run it belonged to--you'd have to check against the production reports every single time.[/QUOTE]
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