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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 2609793, member: 11668&quot;]When star notes were first invented in 1910, the star was placed in the prefix position on all currency types.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Federal Reserve currency came along a few years later, the serial prefix on those notes had a specific meaning (it designated the district).&nbsp; So for star notes of those types (FRNs and FRBNs), the star was placed in the suffix position instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that FRNs have been the only currency printed for about half a century, we&#039;re used to seeing the star suffix, and the older notes with the star prefix look a bit odd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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