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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1134628, member: 11668&quot;]But they aren&#039;t printed solely for this reason.&nbsp; Check the monthly production reports--the serial numbers on this district went clear up to DB51200000B.&nbsp; These DB8888xxxxA notes were part of the regular production, printed in December 2004.&nbsp; The BEP just substituted star notes for them and saved them to sell in the &quot;Lucky Money&quot; folder (though it sure took them a long time to get around to it!).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nearly all of the &quot;Lucky Money&quot; products contain notes from the regular circulation-issue print runs; the BEP just saves out these particular serial numbers for collector sales.&nbsp; So we wouldn&#039;t expect these to have any higher quality than the typical uncirculated straps we can get at the bank....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Small amounts of ink transfer like this are common on $10&#039;s of this design generation (notice that the spots all line up with some of the darkest parts of the printing on the back of the note).&nbsp; This is exactly the sort of quality I&#039;d expect from this product.&nbsp; If you&#039;ve ordered others in the past and gotten exceptionally nice ones, *that&#039;s* what surprises me.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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