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STEVE R

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  1. STEVE R
    THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING – NEW SERIES OF 2017 NOTES WERE LISTED IN OCTOBER CURRENCY REPORT   
     
    SSFRN – THE FIRST IS A ONE DOLLARS 2017 F-STAR NOTE
     
    In checking the monthly production report that BEP for October 2017 show the first printing for the 2017S series of notes and is listed for fiscal year 2018 and fiscal month October 2017. A small run of 250,000 notes from 5000 sheet with the serial F00000001* thru F00250000*. The note is listed as a Atlanta $1.00 2017S F* star issue by the eastern currency facility or Washington D/C. This will make this note a “RARE” issue with this low printing an also the first one printed. I also check the BEP store to see if they showed up as sale item, the BEP store was not updated. Also not reported is the new F/A block that were also printed but not listed in the October 2017 production report.
     
    Also in checking uspapermoney.info/serials/f2017 new notes are listed, with the last update 10/16/17. I will update and edit this journal as more information is released. On 12/18/17 the BEP production data was added. To see the new 2017 series F/A block go to www "Steven Mnuchin's wife strikes a pose with a sheet of money", the notes with the following serial number "F33922301A" is one of note on this sheet is a part of the BEP sheet note issue.
     
    Update on March 10th - The new series of 2017 notes, BEP updated the production report and added November 2017 notes, the second run of F star with 3,200,000 notes, with  serial F03200001* thru F06400000*. Also the first run F/A block of notes with serial starting at F57600000A thru F96000000A and the second run printing starting at F00000001B thru F19200000B. The sheet notes were the first to be printed starting with F353150001A thru F35400000A. Also the information is also on uspapermoney.info with the last update also dated 3/24/17. The note slot were added to PMG sets for new 2017 series of one dollars series of notes.
     
    Also the BEP have not updated the mouthy population report for the last two mouth for JAN 2017 and FEB 2017 for fiscal year 2018 and uspapermoney.info is also have not been updated, the last update was on 2/2/18 thru December 2017. 
     
    BEP Store just issue the new 2017 Uncut Currency Sheet notes on January 30, 2018, all the notes are Fr #3003-F with same series serial number. I have order the notes and will add serial numbers amount and photo at a later update.
     
    The 2017 series sheet notes came in today, February 8, 2018 with the same serial number as the standard run. I could not remove the photo below, so I have add a new journal entry to add the picture of the 2017 new note with Serial number F35397184A.
     
     
     


  2. STEVE R
    THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING – NEW SERIES OF 2017 SHEET NOTES LISTED IN BEP STORE     
     
    SSFRN – ONE DOLLAR 2017 F/A BLOCK SHEET NOTE
     
    The notes were printed and is not part of standard runs for this 2017 issue by the eastern currency facility or Washington D/C an the same serial number block F/A of notes with serial F35315001A thru F35400000A, the photo below is one of the note cut from a sheet of five notes. The note below will be sent in to PMG for grading within week, along with the other nine. Updated on March 24, 2018, the first four notes came back graded from PMG-64 thru PMG-67 EPQ. 
     
    I have added a Signature Sets to cover the one dollar sheet notes, as the notes are added a photo and description will be added, at this time I have 20 sheet notes set for grading. The 2017 note photo below is one in for grading at this time. New update for both the BEP and USpapermoney.info in March 2018. They also listed the new addition of B/A, F/A, F/B, F/C, block from the Washington D/C and the first Fort Worth series G/A, G/* and the first L/A and L/B blocks one dollar block.
     
    The sheet note were part of a normal run, the first one of the F/A block starting with F35315001A thru F35400000A and are listed in the 2017 notes.  
     
     
     


  3. STEVE R
    THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING – ADD MORE THE NEW 2013 FIVE DOLLARS STAR NOTES.   
     
     SSFRN – THIS UPDATE THE FIVE DOLLARS 2013 series B, F AND H STAR NOTES
     
    The last update on uspapermoney.info show the adding of the following new Five Dollars star notes MB/star, MF/star and MH/star all form Eastern Facility (DC) and one MK/star from the Western Facility (FW). The star note complete the DC taking the series to 17 notes and one note from FW facility.
     
    Below are the photo of new B and F stars notes, the notes are schedule for grading by PMG.

  4. STEVE R
    This BEP report list all the notes that were printed by both the Eastern Washington, DC and the Western Fort Worth, TX location. This report cover all production ranges printed with serial number and star notes, for One Dollar thru the One Hundred Dollars notes. This is first time the FED under this admirations, that they have miss the last three months for February, March and April production reports. The last update by uspapermoney website was for January production and was posted on February 19, 2019. Also on the last update “U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing” website show January 2019 production. The BEP website has cover the monthly production reports starting in fiscal year of 2003 thru 2018, witch cover the last fifteen years of production, without missing a single month.
    Also in the last report show that the One Dollars 2017 E5 was printed at Fort Worth the Western Currency Facility putting it’s out of the normal series. 
    This BEP report is the only way a collector like you and me can see what new 2017 series notes were printed for all twelve Federal Reserve Districts and the serial number that were printed for each of the district and will be available at your local bank, our thru a currency dealers.  Also this is the only way the currency books can be updated for new Friedberg number along with the correct number of notes were printed for both the regular and star notes along with the serial number issue for each of the twelve districts. You can see the number of slots change as more Mule and Back Plate Error are added and new 2017 series are updated, as of this time there are 710 slots in sets, and will change as the 2017 star notes are added. I will keep updating this Journal on the miss reports. 
    Added on July 8, 2019 - Six month have pass without a production report on the currency of FRN that have or have not been issue buy BEP. At this time there is no way to updated 2017 series currency sets. There is no way to see what star notes that have or have not been issue to the banks. I have checked with three banks in my area on the west coast  "Citi, Chase and Bank of America, all have not received any new currency as of the end of June.
    Added on July 22, 2019 - BEP issue a new production report for May 2019 for both Western Facility (FW) and also Eastern Facility (DC) that cover One Dollar thru One Hundred Dollars notes. The one item need to be noted is the low run of L star with only 10,000 sheets printed. 
    Added on October 14, 2019 - BEP just updated the population report to cover the months of February, March and April for both location Washington DC Facility and Western Currency Facility.
    Added on November 19, 2019 - BEP just updated the month of May, June, July, August, September and October 2019. I hope that the update will keep coming over this year.
    Added on December 28, 2019 - BEP in the last update added a new series, 2017A that cover both the Forth Worth and Washington D/C location, this adding cover most of the notes, but no notation on why the 2017A series notes. I hope more information will be forthcoming over the months. This also cover a large number, that cover $1 thru $100 notes, so take a look on both the BEP and Uspapermoney websites.

  5. STEVE R
    Trump Disses "Harriet Tubman" reworked of the Twenty Dollars bills. The Secretary of Treasury Steve T. Mnuchin is correct when he says the reason for the delaying the long-planned reworked of the Twenty Dollars bill, is that he's got his hands full at this time is fighting counterfeiting. "The New York Times quoted senior Treasury officials as saying that  Mnuchin was worried that Trump might cancel the Tubman bill altogether, so he opted to avoid the inevitable outcry by delaying the release of the bill from next year to 2028". The release date was to be next year, on the 100th. anniversary of the constitutional amendment that acknowledge a woman's right to vote. The information above was in the LOS ANGELES TIME EDITORIAL section on Friday May 24, 2019 an on most of the TV news stations.
    As notes in May 2018 ADDING - ONES journal, as notes that the new twenty dollars note would not be issue as long as Trump is in office. This mean that for another eight years, the MINI hall of fame that is the nation's paper currency will continue to be exclusively WHITE and exclusively MALE.
    Added on June 6, 2019 - Why not the Native Americans on most of the existing currency, which is most part of the Western existing states. Is this the time to look at new redesigns of all the existing Currency series starting with the Twenty Dollars and then One Dollar thru the Hundred Dollars notes entering the twenty first century? Not just adding a Black or White women but also all the Native Americans, shut as  the American Indian, Eskimo, Hawaiian and the Mexicans American that were added with the area that Mexico ceded to the United States in 1848, the cession consisted of present-day U.S. state it's California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, about half of New Mexico, about a quarter of Colorado and a small section of Wyoming. Also during this same time add Porto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Inlands. We have updated are flag with fifty states, why not the currency to cover all of the people. This could be part of new counterfeiting upgrade for both the front and back of the new small size Federal Reserve Notes series. The new currency could be infused the same way the Silver Certified were remove from circulation over a period of five or ten years.   
    Added on June 25, 2019 - "Statement from Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director Len Olijar, issue on June 14, 2019 - "The illustration published by the New York Times was a copy of an old Series note with the signatures of former officials, with a different image super-imposed on it. It   is not a new $20 note, as incorrectly stated by the New York Times, in any way, shape or form. The facsimile contained no security features or offset printing included on currency notes. There is nothing about that illustration that even begins to meet technical requirements for the next family of notes." You can see the full statement on BEP website.  

  6. STEVE R
    Over 2019 you will see this set type “One Dollar Federal Reserve Notes – District Set with Stars and Varieties” change as more new notes are added and with the correction of Mule and Back Plate Error, also the addition of the sheet notes and other BEP issue items. This year, I hope to see the scoring system be completed to remove all of the dual scoring system. Over the last year 2018, with all the changes added up to more than 15 note slots to the sets. You will also see the addition of more 2017 series notes to fill in the open slots as the notes are graded by PMG. 
    One of the sheet note that need to be added is the 2003 Fr #1928-J sheet note serial number J99910479A in a PMG-67E this should be listed a RARE note with only 14 graded to date and only 471,000 printed with the serial number range 99500801 thru 99971801.

  7. STEVE R
    In checking the BEP printing and annual monthly production report, shows new production for the month of January and February 2017, for one dollar thru hundreds dollar notes on their website - www.moneyfactory.gov
    All of the 2013 forth Worth District series (Fr #3001) for the one dollar notes have been printed from A thru L along with six stars notes. The following 2013 Washington DC series (Fr #3002) one dollar notes that have been printed A, B, C, E, F and four stars. The following DC notes that were not printed as of March of 2017 they are the D, G, H, I, J, K and L series.
    With 660 notes within this set, that cover the first fifty years of the Small Size Federal Reserve notes stars and varieties one dollars sets, may be starting in early 2017 with two run in January and February of 2017 with four runs of DC series A/D, A/E, E/I and F/J block for DC Fr #3002 and four runs of FW series G/G, G/H M, K/F, and K/G blocks for FW Fr #3001 runs. The next runs may in 2018 or 2019 for the next fifty years with the change of the Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mushin

  8. STEVE R
    Over the last six month I have been collecting some of the small size one dollar notes, I have added one dollar notes to Master Set and the overflow sets. Over one hundred notes are in PMG for grading, of that sixty were added to the sets. All the sets were updated with the addition of notes. The remaining will be added at a later date. The notes cover from added in 1963 thru 2013 series notes, and the first sixties were added in June and July of 2017. The master set was rework to add higher graded notes of 67 EPQ and taking 67E to 125 within the set. At the same time the one dollar notes were also updated the other sets. Also the 1988A F star Web notes was also added to the set to complete 1988A Web series.  Also some new two dollars notes cut from BEP sheet were also added to the sets.  With the addition of new notes it's move the collection into ninth place.
  9. STEVE R
    SSFRN – THEY ARE ONE DOLLARS 2013 D AND J STAR NOTES
    The last two one dollar star notes to be added to the $1 Federal Reserve Note – District Set with Stars and Varieties, master set are the 2013 D star block with two runs totaling 3,450,000 as a normal run and the 2013 J star block with only 250,000 notes printed making this a rare note. All the information is on uspapermoney.com and in BEP mouthy production data. The note were added to the MASTER ONE DOLLAR SET.

  10. STEVE R
    The One dollar Federal Reserve Note – District Set with Stars and Varieties set type, was just updated to add the missing mule (m) and back plate error (bpe) notes to the set. The last change added more note slots count and was change to 704 within the set. As more information and research work is done, the number of notes within this set will be added. Also some of the mule note are BEP sheet note and would need to be added as part of this set and are some of rarest. You will find most of information in Robert Azpiazu book, “Collector’s Guide to Modern Federal Reserve Notes – Series 1963 thru 2009” from Whitman Publishing, it’s also list all of series. This would help you the collector with notes that may not be listed within sets and help you fill in missing notes with in your collection. The SSFRN One Dollar set is one that will change with each new series. As I noted before this is like a penny collection that will change with time or a living set and sum of the later notes can be pick up at your local bank.
  11. STEVE R
    In the last updated of www.uspapermoney.info on May 10th its shows the new runs of Two Dollars Notes from the Fort Worth Facility an listed as Fr #1940, to complete the set of notes for all 12 Federal Reserve Districts, the runs cover the first A/A, C/A, D/A, G/A, H/A, I/A, J/A with one runs each of 6,400,000 in each run. The order notes with two runs were the E/A with a total run of 12,800,000 and L/A with a run of 5,120,000 and the B/A with a large run of 57,600,000 the other run were the F/A  with a run of 3,200,000 and K/A with four runs of 38,400,000 in this run, this complete this runs of twos. The New York B star with a run of 3,200,000 to complete this series of notes, the F and L stars with a run of 3,200,000 to complete this series of notes, the F and L stars are printed and in the set. This complete this set of block runs, to see if BEP will run the stars notes to match all the runs. All the runs were completed in July of 2016, the notes were held and were sent out over the last six month of 2016 and first half of 2017. The stars notes that were issue are B star New York with one run of 3,200,000 the next were the F star Atlanta with one run of 640,000 notes an should be listed as RARE and the last are the L star with two runs of 4,400,000. At this time in May of 2017  it's look like all the notes have been printed, the only note listed in the set is the I/A but no note have been found or listed fore sale by the currency dealer.
    I have the following notes in PMG for grading Fr #1940-A, C and D. I have not found or located any Fr #1940-I at this time. 
    You can see the updated set listed as - STEVE R COLLECTION - $2 DOLLARS 2013 SERIES with STARS

  12. STEVE R
    At this time the BEP SSFRN sheet notes are not part of the Registry sets of notes and are not part of the scoring system, but the sheet notes are listed in all are part of the some of the existing one dollar sets at this time. I have ask that the BEP sheet notes be added for all sets or as a stand-a-loan sets. All of the information is listed on the US Paper Money Website for $1 thru $100 notes with all the serial number listed. The Registry list Disney Dollars as part of sets, but this is not currency and was shut down by Disney and is only a collector items with full valve as normal currency. I have added a Disney note set to my Registry sets, an will add a note in near future. There are 16 sets listed in the Registry as of today, May 22, 2019. 
    I have two sheet notes on hand, they are 2003 Fr #1928-J with the following serial numbers J99896479A and J99910479A both were graded as PMG-67E and should be listed a RARE note with a high point count, with only 471,000 printed with the serial number range 99500801 thru 99971801. The notes are listed in the updated population report with a total of 14, with 12 in PMG-66E and 2 in PMG-67E.

  13. STEVE R
    BEP NEW RUNS - ONE thru HUNDRED DOLLARS NOTES with STARS – NO WOMAN ON THE TWENTY DOLLARS BILL
    The closing out of the 2013 series notes, the first printing were in November 2013, could be change out within the next two years with the changing of the existing Treasurer of the United States or the Secretary of the Treasury, the year could be as soon as 2017 or 2020 with the printing delay with the new series notes. The 2013 notes came in under the presidency of Barack Obama’s under his second term, the newly elected president will have a change of appointing a new Secretary of the Treasury and a Treasurer of the United States, after January of 2017 with him being sworn in as the 45 President of the United State of America. Only after the printing on new notes will see if the change made to 2013 will remain or if some changes are made. The first notes were the 2017 $1 dollar currency printed in 50-subject sheet format, but the other were printed on 32-subject sheet.


     
    Also during the same time the new resign twenty dollars notes was to be printed with Harriet Tubman the first African-American woman on United State currency and would replace President Andrew Jackson on the twenty dollars notes. This would be the first woman in more than a century that will appear on US currency. The new designs was to be unveiled in 2018 and go into circulation shortly after the unveiling of the new twenty small size Federal Reserve note.  


     
    The currently announced delay could be a precursor to outright cancelation of the Tubman portrait. With Trump in the Whitehouse we will not see a new twenty in the near future with a women’s right to vote. For more information see David C. Harper in May issue Numismatic News.

  14. STEVE R
    BEP just updated the months of February, March and May. The first is addition of D4 printed  at the Western Facility, that cover D/B, D/C and D/D blocks. Also added were the E star notes and L star notes. The next updated should cover the months of June and July of 2019. The website of uspapermoney was also updated. The one item that was added is new F/* star block third run.
    I hope that BEP will keep the update coming an on time. 
    Added on November 19, 2019 - BEP just updated the month of May, June, July, August, September and October 2019 this is the second this year, I hope that the update will keep coming. I also check uspapermoney website, but it's was not updated at this time, they usually update on the fifteen of each month.     
  15. STEVE R
    SSFRN – THE FIRST TWENTY DOLLARS 2017 B-STAR NOTE ISSUE
     
    In checking the monthly production report, BEP in December 2017 show the first printing for the 2017S series of notes and is listed for fiscal year 2018 and fiscal month December 2017. A small run of 320,000 notes from 10,000 sheets. The notes are listed as New York $20.00 2017S NB/* star and issue by the eastern currency facility or Washington D/C. This will make this run of twenty dollars notes a “RARE” issue with this low printing an also the first one printed. I also check the BEP store to see if the show up as sale item, the BEP store was not updated. The serial number for this twenty dollars note starting with NB00000001* thru NB00320000*.
     
    Also in checking uspapermoney.info new notes are listed, with the last update 2/2/18. I will update this journal as more information is released. Both the Washington DC and Forth Worth have been update, that also added $5 five dollars notes.  
  16. STEVE R
    JUST UPDATED THE 2013 ONE DOLLAR NOTE SETS
    PMG is updated all the sets and adding the notes for all denominations sets, As notes in the last journal, the local bank is the best place to pick up new crisp uncirculated 2013 notes, our at your local currency dealer. In last two weeks of August and November, I have pick up the following notes Fr #3001-A, Fr #3001-E, Fr #3001-F, Fr #3001-G, Fr #3001-K stars and Fr #3001-L star that just graded out as PMG-45E this one will be the first one graded, there are three Fr #3001-L stars at PMG for grading. At this time I have not located the Washington DC Fr #3002-F and F stars, also no Fort Worth Fr #3001-G stars. Also noted in www.uspapermoneyinfo.com a run of Fr #3001-L star were printed, with a run of only 80,000 notes they were listed as part of the January 15th run, at this time none of the notes are in circulation, but they printed one run Fr #3001-L stars with 9,600,000. Also BEP added the one run of Fr #3001-H with a printing of 8,960,000 and Fr #3001-I with a printing of 3,840,000. Also take a look at new fifty dollars note the sheet notes, they are coming out will centered.
    Take a look at this Set Type: $1 Federal Reserve Note - District Set with Stars and Varieties, DISTRICT MASTER SET, you will see the latest addition to the set. Within this set of 616 notes there are 274 PMG-66E, 110 PMG-67E and 12 PMG-68E along with 39 RARE notes. Also only 43 notes were purchase from a currency dealers in a PMG holder, all other were send in from stock bank notes or ungraded notes from various currency dealer.
    Up Dated on December 2,2015, The following notes need to be added to this set $1 Federal Reserve Note - District Set with Stars and Varieties, for the 1974 Fr #1908 (mule) with the 905 back plate error, their are nine notes, only four notes are listed in the population report but not in the set.
    Up Dated on December 5, 2015, Just pick up the 1974 Fr #1908-Jbpe star (mule) with the 905 back plate error only two note are listed in the PMG population report, I also pickup a 1974 FR #1908-Lbpe (905 back plate error) but not listed in the set, but two note are listed in PMG population report. I also have a new 2013 Fr #3002-F DC note, that going in for grading next week.
    Up Dated on December 15, 2015, PMG just added the 1974 Fr #1908 with 905 back plate error, they are listed as 1974 $1 Fr #1908-Abpe. This will add nine notes to this Set Type: $1 Federal Reserve Note - District Set with Stars and Varieties.

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  17. STEVE R
    Small Size Federal Reserve One Dollar Notes Sets
    PMG is reworking the District Set with Stars and Varieties. Over the last three months they have updated and made corrections to this set, but more work is needed. PMG have added the FR #1934-K star, removed the 2009 FR #3000-J and added FR #3000-I to the DC block. As of November, my set is at 90% complete with 565 notes, with a total note count of 624 within the set and the first 2013(FW)FR #3001-K star note. At this time 28 notes are schedule for grading.
    PMG is working to correct all the one dollar and other sets by adding the missing series of 2009 FR #3000-E DC and 2009 FR #1934-K* star FW note, alone with the new series 2013 FR #3001 FW notes, at this time no DC notes have been printed. Updated on 9/13/14 the C3 and F6 2013 district were printed on Sep 14, 2014, the existing notes are A1, C3, D4, E5, F6, G7, J10, K11 and K11* star.
    Take a look at the $1 Federal Reserve Note - District Set with Stars and Varieties; you will like the way they have corrected and cleanup this set. PMG also corected the 2013 FR number from 1997 to 3001 for the FW notes, and added FR #3001-D, E, K and K Star to the set. PMG added the 2013 FR#3001-J to all set.
    Updated 3/2/17 to add the photo of Fr #3001-J in PMG-66EPQ

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  18. STEVE R
    SSFRN - ADDING THE SUPER STAR ONE DOLLAR RARE NOTES
    I have started to collect the Small Size One Dollar Super Star notes for my District Master Set with Stars and Varieties, starting with 1981A Fr #1912-K* and 1985 Fr #1913-H* both are in for grading at PMG. Over next nine months, I will add the following star notes, they are the 1988 Fr #1914-F*, 1988A Fr #1917-F*, 1993 Fr 1918-C*, 2003 Fr #1928-D*, 1928-F*, 2006 Fr #1933-F* and 2009 Fr #1934-K*. I will also add some non-star notes to complete this set a 2001 Fr #1926, Fr #1927, 2003 and 2003A Fr #1928-A, Fr #1929-K and Fr# 1930-A, all notes are in PMG for grading.
    I will also add the following 2013 One Dollar Fort Worth notes, they are Fr #3001-A, Fr #3001-C and Fr #3001-F to my Federal Reserve Notes-District Set with Stars and Varieties. PMG is also correcting all the One Dollar set to add the new 2013 Fort Worth and Washington DC notes.
    Update on March 24,2015 - Just added the Super Star to the set, alone with some new none stars 66EPQ and 67EPQ to all sets alone with the new 2013 Fr#3001. Also take a look at my $1 FRN District Master Set - with Stars and Varieties, you like the set-up.
    Updated on May 23,2015 - the following notes have been added by BEP to 2013 FW and DC set, they are the New York B2 B/A, B/B and new B/C Block along with B2 Star notes with a run of 6,400,000 and the Fort Worth San Francisco L star, this run is only 80,000 notes were printed on April BEP printed the next run of L star notes, in this run their are 9,600,000 notes. Also from November of 2014 thru April of 2015 they printed six run 12L notes (FR #3001-L)

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  19. STEVE R
    UPDATING THE SCORING SYSTEM and CORRECTING THE SETS FOR MULES AND BACK PLATE ERROR NOTES
     
    I am very happy to see the Registry adding and updating the scoring system and also being proactive in adding the new series of 2017 notes as the information is issue by BEP and other website for the notes that have been printed. In this way a collector can see what notes that have been printed an issue by BEP and can picked up a new note as a bank note fine. They also have update the sets with mules (m) and back plate error (bpe) notes for the one dollar sets with stars and varieties and checking with the notes that are existing in the population report. Over the last year they have corrected and changes the scoring for more than hundreds notes and sets. Also at this time you can see the changes made to the scoring over the past six months. They have also added new 2017 sets for the one and twenty dollars notes along with star notes for that series.    
     
    The next is for the Registry to correct and update the existing remaining scoring system that stall have some of notes with duel or two difference scores or points for the same note, this was part of the old scoring system stall exist within the system today. This may take some time for the Registry to correct and remove all of the dual scoring.  
     
  20. STEVE R
    FIFTY ANNIVERSARY of SERIES of 1963 FRN
     
    This is the best time to start a new Small Size Federal Reserve Note set type collectionBuilding a New Set Type Collections;This is the best time to add an start a new Set Type collection of Small Size Federal Reserve Notes, with BEP changing over from the thirty two subject sheet to new fifty subject sheet for the ones, twos, fives, tens and twenty dollars notes. The 2013 series of notes is the FIFTY ANNIVERSARY of the series of 1963 FRN notes to replace the 1957B Silver Certificate notes. Also if you want to spend a little more money try the Fifty and Hunderd dollars notes. You can pick them up from your local bank; always ask the teller if they have any new money or notes, also checks with your local currency dealer. I have picked up stars and other notes from the bank that have graded out as high as PMG-68 EPQ. This will also help you with your grading of the notes, as to condition, margins or registration centering and no significant handing. You can see all the BEP notes that were printed by month, by going to www.uspapermoney.info for 2013 series one thru one hundred dollars notes. This is way to start from the bottom up of a collection set, starting with 2009 FW/DC and the new 2013 FW/DC series notes. This will keep the cost of the collection low, with only the cost of the notes at face valve plus the cost of grading and shipping them in to PMG using the bulk submssion level.Also take a look at one dollar Federal Reserve Note - District Set with Stars and Variesties. There are thirty-eight slots description for the 2009 Fr #1934 FW, Fr #3000 DC and 2013 Fr #3001 FW, Fr #3002 DC. I will add the new New York B2 star notes, they are in PMG for grading.Updated on July 2, 2015 - BEP had just added the following notes to 2013 DC notes, they are the Fr #3002-B, B star, Fr #3002-F, F star and the 2013 Fr #3001-G star and Fr #3001-L and L star.Updated on July 13, 2015 - I just pick up twenty new 2013 Fr #3001-L from by local B of A today, the notes will grade out as good as PMG-66 EPQ or better.Updated on August 16, 2015 - The new 2013 New York Fr #3002-B star notes came back from PMG and grade out at PMG-66 E for all three. The next One Dollar Notes are the 2013 Fr #3001-L FW that I pick up at Bank of America and 2013 Fr #3002-B DC are set for grading. Both notes were added to all of the 2013 sets and the District Set with Stars and Varieties.To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  21. STEVE R
    NEW 2013 JACK LEW $1 DOLLAR NOTE
    I have check the US Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP) web-site and the new one dollar notes are in the printing stage, and will be printed on 32 subject note sheet and the 50 subject note sheet. BEP show the layout of the note position identifier on the upper lift hand side of the note next to the district number. As noted by BEP - Fifty-subject and 32-subject notes are distinguishable by one minor technical change. On a 50-subject produced note, the letter and number of the alpha numeric note-position identifier, is the same font size and smaller than the alpha letter of the 32-subject note. In comparison, on the 32-subject note, the number is a smaller font size compared to the letter.
     
     
     
     
     
    Updated 10/14/14, the following series notes have been printed A1, C3, D4, E5, F6, G7, J10, K11 and the K11 star notes, all are from Fort Worth and printed on the 50-subect-sheet formate sheet at this time. At this time PMG is listing them as FR 3001 for 2013 FW one dollar notes. I have the 2013 FR #3001-K11 notes, 3 notes for $10.00, I also have two of the K star Fort Worth at ten dollars each. All five series are in for grading, they will grade at 65E or better. The 2013 FR # 3001-K, two came back as as 65EPQ and one as a 66EPQ. They are working to correct this series and them to the One Dollar District Set with Stars and Varieties Set.
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  22. STEVE R
    BEST TIME TO START A NEW SMALL SIZE FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES SET TYPE COLLECTION
     
    Building a New Set Type CollectionsThis is the Fifty Anniversary of the 1963 series of Small Size Federal Reserve Notes, as more new 2013 series notes are coming out of BEP, PMG is updating all the sets to add the new notes for all denominations sets. As noted in my last journal, the local bank is the best place to pick up the new crisp uncirculated notes, or at your local currency dealer. In the last two weeks of August, I have pick up the following notes Fr #3001-A, Fr #3001-E, Fr #3001-F, Fr #3001-G, Fr #3001-K stars and Fr #3001-L stars. At this time I have not located the Washington DC Fr #3002-F and F stars, also no Fort Worth TX Fr #3001-G stars. The new fifty note sheet notes are coming out will centered. Take a look at the one dollar Set Type $1 Federal Reserve Note - District Set with Stars and Varieties, their are 612 notes in this set, you will see the set change as it is updated. Also noted in www.uspapermoneyinfo.com a run of Fr #3001-L stars were printed, with a run of only 80,000 notes, they were listed as part of the January 15th run, at this time none of the notes are in circulation.Update September 10, 2015 - Just pick up ten new 2013 Fr #1996-L five dollars notes from the local B of A today, all are well centered and will grade out at 65-EPQ or better.Update October 9, 2013 - The new 2013 Fr #3001-L came back graded as PMG-66E and Fr #3002-B came back graded as PMG-67E today.Update February 8, 2017 - Add photo to JournalTo see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
  23. STEVE R
    BEP 1995 RUNS - ONE DOLLAR MULE or BACK PLATE ERROR
    This series of 1995 notes are listed in the population report, its cover only three notes Fr #1992-Hbpe, Fr #1922-Ibpe and Fr #1922-Lbpe. There are only 35 graded to date. This group of note cover the following blocks G/M thru L/X blocks with more than 85 group. The notes will be added in time to the One Dollar District Set with Stars and Varieties. This will be part of the updating to this set. Back in January of 2014 their were 590 note slots within the set, but over time this set has been updated over years, and the last has change with a notes slots from 656 to 657 slots. The Collector Society added the Fr #1922-Hbpe,1922-Ibpe and 1922-Lpbe to the set in January 2017.
    In the photo below show the Fr #1922-Im mule with the back plate number of 295. The notes are in for correction by PMG, an will be change to over to back plate error series notes.
    Update January 19, 2017 - The notes are back and installed in One Dollar District Master Set I and II. See the new photo below in the Master set I and II, I could not remove the exiting photo.
     
    - HAPPY NEW YEAR -

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  24. STEVE R
    A TOTAL OF 2,004 PMG GRADED NOTES IN ALL SETS
    This is the first collection in the PMG Collectors Society Registry with a total of more than two thousand notes covering some of the denominations of Large and Small Size Gold and Silver Certificate, United States and along with the Small Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes within all of the various sets.
    This had taken eight years to gather the notes and have them graded or purchase a pre-graded notes from a dialer, show or conventions, also to start adding some of the images and all of the descriptions for each of completing notes within their various sets.
    I have a total of 2,004 notes within all of my sets and of that 1,103 are 55% are one dollar SSFRN, with the next two submission of twenty-five notes that will fill in some of missing notes in the one, two and five dollars sets and the second with four new 2013 Fr #3001-G star.
    Take a look at the MASTER SET, the Set Type - $1 Federal Reserve Notes - District Set with Stars and Varieties that is 96% completed. The note below is one of the SUPER STAR a 1969C Fr #1906-L* with a total point at 1,175.
    Updated on AUG 15, 2016 - As I added the images too my existing sets, I found more than 39 notes that were not listed in the existing sets taking the total too 2043.
    Updated on Nov 11, 2016 - The second collector just hit the TWO THOUSANDS NOTE MARK, that is ksausa, congratulation on your hard work.

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  25. STEVE R
    FRN - HERITAGE AUCTIONS - LESSON LEARN
    As notes in my last jonrnal that I am down sizing my collections, with Heritage Auctions handling the sale of my small size notes collections of fives, tens, twenty, fifty and hundreds dollars small size notes sets, all of the notes are PMG graded. The auction is over and a lesson learn, make sure that you put a reserve on all you notes, that will cover the grading fees and a sale price with 15% of the book listed value. Most of the small size tens, twenty fifty and hundreds dollars notes were sold at face value or a net lost of 35% to 85% of net value listed in Standard Guide to Small Size U.S. Paper Money 10th Edition. Also using the green sheet makes no difference if a note is graded or not. The auction is a good place to sale your notes, but make sure that you make the final desision on the lowest sale price for a set of notes to be sold. I had two set that were sold below face value, seven 2009 $20 dollars notes that sold at $117.00 and four $50 dollars 1981 - 1985 notes that sold for $170.00. Also keep in mine to add a 10% seller commission to all sets or lots.
    Heritage Auctions is a good auction house for it layout of your collection, and the way they set up the lots within the catalog.
    I will use Heritage Auctions in the future to sale more of my collection, but I will set the price. I am a collector, not a dealer, 90% of the notes I had graded to build up the set, I LOVE the hobby, but I will not give-a-way my work, on building a good set of notes. I have over 875 notes that makeup my one and two dollors collection. I will keep building new set to my collection. I have 390 notes schedule for grading.
    Updated on 1/15/14, It good to see some of the notes going to collectors in the registry. I am removing the notes as they are tranfer to other collectors in the registry, to date I have remove 59 notes and 42,763 points from my total score.

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