A friend of my son said he thought it was one of those rarities, but didn't have access to a computer so asked me to look it up. Why look when I've got access to TONS of relatively smart people right here! Any ideas? Websites I can check it out on?
2006-09-07 13:43:03 · 2 answers · asked by kath68142 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
This star represents what is known as a replacement note. When a printing error occurs during a normal press run and renders a set of bills unusable, replacement notes are used instead. With replacements notes, a set of serial numbers can still have the proper number of bills even if some of the original bills had to be pulled. The replacement notes have a sequence of their own, using the star as their final "letter." This allows for 99,999,999 possible replacement notes for any given bank, series and denomination. This should be more than enough: According to the Paper Money Collecting FAQ, there's about one error in every 100,000 U.S. bills.
2006-09-07 14:03:11 · answer #1 · answered by freetronics 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are known as star notes. They are printed to replace defective notes which are discovered during final inspection of bills, before the bundling process.
2006-09-07 13:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by WC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋