By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..
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A Star Word is a substitute banknote issued by the United States, so named due to the position of a printed star both earlier than (for large-sized notes issued from 1910-1929 and a few small-sized notes) or after the observe’s serial quantity (for many small-sized notes printed). With the printing of U.S. paper cash being dealt with by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), the choice to subject substitute notes might be undertaken at any level throughout the observe printing course of when it’s decided that the unique print run is both broken or indirectly substandard.
Serial numbers discovered on these payments are distinctive to this subset of foreign money. The star serves as the ultimate digit of the serial quantity and this serial quantity shouldn’t be the identical because the variety of the observe it replaces.
These notes are issued in decrease portions than common points and customarily commerce for a premium. Given their nature, the amount of Star Notes launched will fluctuate. Some are fairly scarce; others are frequent.
The star can also be used for the 100,000,000th observe in a sequence (as solely eight digits are used).
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