Any of you know what these symbols are supposed to be? They're on the obverse, and it appears the design varies from note to note.
Howdy Eddiespin.... The "D" represents the position of the note and refered to as the Plate Letter. The smal numbers represent the back plate position. There ya have it... Hope taht helped. RickieB
I thought the small numbers were the unique identifier for the plate, not the position. The letter is the plate position. The back of the note should have another number for the unique identifier for the back plate. I know this is true for modern notes, but please correct me if this did not apply 50+ years ago.
According to the reference book I used, that is the way it was on this series. Look up in the Official Red Book for currency the 1923 Large size Silver's and that is what it says.:secret: RickieB
On modern currency, there is a small number next to the letter that does indeed reference the plate position, but you will also see the letter elsewhere on the note with a much larger number that references the unique plate identifier (obviously plate numbers between 1 and 32 mean you have to know which is which, I don't remember when they switched from 16 note sheets to 32). My mistake for not mentioning which is which.
Thanks guys. I guess what kinda threw me is, why didn't they just type these? But they had to get fancy-schmancy...
