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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 3563797, member: 6986&quot;]&quot;In an effort to improve the wear resistance of currency, Crane and Company furnished the bureau with an experimental lot of paper which was used in printing 1,184,000 $1 silver certificates.&nbsp; For purposes of comparison, an equal number of notes were produced under similar conditions using regular distinctive paper.&nbsp; As a means of differentiation between the two types, the letter &quot;R&quot; was overprinted in red adjacent to the seal for currency produced on regular paper and the letter &quot;S&quot; was used in the same manner to designate the special paper.&nbsp; Both lots of currency were delivered to the Office of the Treasurer of the United States in the latter part of June 1944 for distribution.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>SOURCE: <i>Annual Report of the Director Bureau of Engraving and Printing Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1944</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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