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Thanks Rock,

The more info' the better, I'm still confused (or dumb) though......If they were offered at shows in 4 and 16 subject sheets why is it that only №s 5 and 100 are ever mentioned? surely they have to be (or were) attached to other notes, therefore other low numbers would exist wouldn't they....??

I wonder how difficult it would prove to be to make a register of all known notes in this issue....Be interesting wouldn't it? Me you and GW could kick it off....That's 35 of them accounted for straight off the bat.

Regards...

Great stuff GW ....I look forward to any and all info' on this subject.

Regards

However, as for the destruction. Not all of the first 1500 were destroyed.

 

#1 thru #100 were held by the BEP until after the distribution in Atlanta, Denver, and Long Beach. When BEP inventoried, at that time, they discovered that #5 and #100 were, in fact, sold (not destroyed, but rather had been taken to one of the shows mentioned and sold...)...

 

After the credit card problems on the Texas Coin and Currency promotion, the BEP decided to destroy the remaining 98 notes of that series.

 

#5, #100, and #101-9600 are all out in collectors hands

 

Thanks (Once again) for your input Rock, I'm still a bit confused though, they were printed in sheets of 32 I guess as are all US notes, is that correct? So what format did they leave the BEP? Single notes? sheets of 4? 8? 16? or all of the above? I find it incredible that if they were selling them at a show they only sold two notes №s 5 & 100 ...Wouldn't all the single digit and low № notes sell out fast if they were indeed on offer, or was some skullduggery involved do you think? And they were sold underhand to "friends" And why do you think the BEP would simply want to destroy 1-4 and 6-99 ? what would be the reasoning behind that d'ya think? They must have known they were sitting on collectables......

All very mysterious, and incredibly interesting.

Another thing I was wondering was how many do you think have been 'chopped' into singles by dealers who managed to get sheets....Or like I said, did a quantity come out of the BEP as singles?

Just in case you're wondering why I have an interest, well it's because I have 5 of them (1 single and a 4 sheet) I intend to leave them for my grandson and I would dearly like to leave the story behind them along with the notes, hopefully they may be worth something to him when he is older......For the record my notes are №s 7272-7572-7872-8172 on the sheet and 4928 is the single.

But then again...If the story is never fully revealed it may just add something to the 'Mystique'

Thanks GW,

I look forward to receiving any info' I can get, just as long as it's factual like I said.

I have seen lots of listing on eBay where it is claimed that 1500 or so were destroyed, but never with any evidence to back it up.......I'm hoping someone, somewhere, will know the full story...I never thought to write to the BEP (good idea) but seeing as you have, I won't duplicate your request to them, I'll simply await your response.

Regards....

2004a $10 Atlanta Star Notes

Apologies if this has been covered before......

Can anyone shed any light on the 'Actual' story behind these notes? Not conjecture or hearsay but fact. There were 9600 printed in sheets of 16, that seems to be so, does anyone know why so few were done? and I see some folks claiming that some were also destroyed 1500 or so, is this true? how did it happen? what were the serial numbers of those destroyed? where did it occur etc? And is this the lowest run ever by the BEP?