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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 176671, member: 66"]Sorry Roy, but you are wrong on that. Before 1981 you would have been correct. Before 1981 the series date changedonly for changesin the design,or if BOTH signatures changed. If only one signature changed, the series letter changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 1981 the date changesif the design changes, OR if the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury changes. If the signature of the Treasurer changes then just the series letter changes. So when the current printing plates wear out and are replaced it will be with Series 2006 or 2007 plates. (My uncertainty isbecause if they have already started making the plates they will be 2006. If they haven't and they produce them next year, they may be 2006 because that was when the change took place, or the may be 2007 because that was when the new plates that showed the change were made.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the recent huge increase in the number of to produced, I still wonder if the Fed is stockpiling the twos with the intent of making sure the new dollar coin succeeds by ceasing to order ones once the coin comes out and only supplying banks with coins,twos and the steadily declining supply of ever more ratty looking ones. (in order to do this they will need a large supply of twos already on hand because the BEP probably would not be able to supply them rapidly enough.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 176671, member: 66"]Sorry Roy, but you are wrong on that. Before 1981 you would have been correct. Before 1981 the series date changedonly for changesin the design,or if BOTH signatures changed. If only one signature changed, the series letter changed. Since 1981 the date changesif the design changes, OR if the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury changes. If the signature of the Treasurer changes then just the series letter changes. So when the current printing plates wear out and are replaced it will be with Series 2006 or 2007 plates. (My uncertainty isbecause if they have already started making the plates they will be 2006. If they haven't and they produce them next year, they may be 2006 because that was when the change took place, or the may be 2007 because that was when the new plates that showed the change were made.) As to the recent huge increase in the number of to produced, I still wonder if the Fed is stockpiling the twos with the intent of making sure the new dollar coin succeeds by ceasing to order ones once the coin comes out and only supplying banks with coins,twos and the steadily declining supply of ever more ratty looking ones. (in order to do this they will need a large supply of twos already on hand because the BEP probably would not be able to supply them rapidly enough.)[/QUOTE]
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