Billy Cusack

UPDATE: The Description column is now showing the correct number. I'm not sure if someone behind the scenes fixed something, or if it resolved on its own. In any event, all is well now.

Anyone have any thoughts as to why the "Description" column might be reading "0" in my set listings when each note in the set has a description? I've entered notes into my sets this past week and each one has a photo and description. The photo counter is correct, but not the description. The only exception is the "Auto Built" sets, these do have the correct description count showing. I have no idea if I've done something wrong, this is a known issue, or if there is a lag to this updating. I've emailed the registry group as well, but I'm interested to see if anyone here has any comments about this. Thank you!

I know that if a note is sent to PMG for a ReHolder, the certification number of that note changes. What I don't know is what happens if that note is already entered into a registry set when it is sent in for a ReHolder. Is the note automatically kicked out of the registry set when the original certification number is deleted from the database? Does the note remain in the registry set, and the certification number is automatically updated in the registry set? Does something else happen? I'd appreciate any information on that situation. I'd also like to ask for everyone's comment on what your best practices have been to handle this registry ReHolder situation. Thanks for your time and help!

Hi PMG, There are some existing notes that do not show up in the list of "All Notes/Scores in Small Size Federal Reserve Note $1 Set", making it impossible to determine a score value for these particular notes. There is no listing, and therefore no scores at all, for note Fr# 3005-E*. This is the Series 2017A $1 Federal Reserve Star Note from the Richmond District. An example of this note is certification number 2192017-002. There is also no listing, and therefore no scores at all, for note Fr# 1911-Hm*. This is the $1 Federal Reserve Mule Star Note from the St. Louis District. An example of this note is certification number 2297001-010. Since there is no listing for these notes, I am unsure of how these notes would score in each of the various grades. Please add these notes to the PMG Registry database for "All Notes/Scores in Small Size Federal Reserve Note $1 Set" and assign the various grades the appropriate point values. Thank you for your help with this. -- Billy

Hello PMG, There is no listing, and therefore no scores at all, for note Fr# 3005-E*. This is the Series 2017A $1 Federal Reserve Star Note from the Rochmond District. Please add this note to the PMG Registry database so it can be correctly scored. An example of this note is certification number 2192017-002. Thank you. -- Billy

Hi PMG, There is no listing, and therefore no scores at all, for note Fr# 1911-Hm*. This is the $1 Federal Reserve Mule Star Note from the St. Louis District. Please add this note to the PMG Registry database so it can be correctly scored. An example of this note is certification number 2297001-010. Thank you. -- Billy

Hi Alli, Thanks for your help. As a point of reference, among the certification numbers are: 2300005-003, 2300005-014, 2300010-002, 2300020-001, and 2300050-001. These have been re-submitted as a Re-Grade under soon-to-arrive submission 2300003. More than correcting these, my goal was to get the database updated not only for my re-grades, but for everyone else who will submit these notes in the future. Thanks for bringing this to the appropriate team's attention. Thank you for all that you do. Billy

Thanks, Mike. I have posted it there. Billy

Hi PMG, I just received a few dozen of my Bank of England King Charles III banknotes back from you and I have noticed that only the Pick#, and not the more widely used English Paper Money catalog B# was included on the label. Therefore, I'd like to respectfully ask that you update your database so that the widely used B# is also included on future labels of these King Charles III banknotes. The correct information is as follows: Pick# 398a £5 is B419 Pick# 399a £5 is B420 Pick# 400a £5 is B421 Pick# 401a £5 is B422 Thank you for helping to correct this important detail. Best regards, Billy

Hi PMG, I just received a few dozen of my Bank of England King Charles III banknotes back from you and I have noticed that only the Pick#, and not the more widely used English Paper Money catalog B# was included on the label. Therefore, I'd like to respectfully ask that you update your database so that the widely used B# is also included on future labels of these King Charles III banknotes. The correct information is as follows: Pick# 398a £5 is B419 Pick# 399a £5 is B420 Pick# 400a £5 is B421 Pick# 401a £5 is B422 Thank you for helping to correct this important detail. Best regards, Billy

David, Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. It's good to know that I am not alone in supporting a "Bank of England 1928-present" set. Your comments on affordability are on the mark, in my opinion. In my email to PMG outlining the benefits of a 1928-present set, I also brought up the outright lack of availability of many pre-World War I notes, the high denomination White Notes in particular. Even if someone had a pile of unlimited cash to build a set, it may still be impossible to complete the 1902-present set, as most of the few surviving higher denomination notes reside only in museum collections. Personally, I believe the collecting community would benefit from the creation of both a "Bank of England 1928-Present Type Set (issued Notes)" and a "Bank of England 1928-Present Type Set with varieties (Issued Notes)" to help improve set completion chances, affordability, and coverage of varieties (such as the p374 example). In any event, I thank Ali and PMG for their help with and consideration of these requests. Best regards, Billy

Thank you for your comment, David. I have also asked PMG to created new registry sets to specifically separate out Bank of England notes from 1928-present (as opposed to only including them with the Great Britain 1902-Date "Master" set. I am curious on your thoughts about having these additional Modern-Period Registry Sets. Best Regards, Billy

Hello again PMG, Concerning banknotes from Great Britain, I would love to see the addition of several denomination-specific competitive sets in the Registry. For example: Bank of England, £5 notes, complete with varieties or Great Britain, Treasury and Bank of England, £1 notes, complete with varieties. Or something along those lines. There are many of these denomination-specific competitive sets for United States banknotes, and I believe they would work just as well for such a widely collected category such as banknotes from Great Britain. Is there a more formal way to propose the addition of these competitive sets, or is this the way to do it? Thanks for your time and consideration. Best regards, Billy

Hello again PMG, A slot for the following note should be added to the "Small Size Federal Reserve Note $1 Set" Registry Set: Fr# 3005-E* 2017A $1 Green (FW) Carranza Mnuchin FW Richmond *Star* note There is a slot for the non-star note (Fr# 3005-E), but not this star note, which is a key to the series. Also, I'd like to know when slots for the Series 2021 $1 notes will be added to this Registry Set. Thanks for your help! Regards, Billy

Hello all, I'd like to ask for your opinions concerning a Great Britain Registry Set. Does anyone else feel that the following notes should be removed as "slots" in the "Great Britain 1902-Date, Type Set, Issued Notes" Registry Set because they are Unissued Notes? In my opinion, unissued notes should not be part of an "Issued Notes" registry set: * 5 Shillings 1919 ND First Issue P352 T27 ND (1919) 5/- Shillings - Sign. N.K.W. Fisher- Unissued GBR352 * 1 Shilling 1919 ND Second Issue P353 T29 ND (1919) 1/- Shilling - Sign. N.K.W. Fisher- Unissued GBR353 * 2 Shillings - 6 Pence 1940-41 ND Emergency Issue P364 B254 ND (1941) 2/- Shillings 6 Pence Sign. K.O. Peppiatt- Unissued GBR364 * 5 Shillings 1940-41 ND Emergency Issue P365 B253 ND (1941) 5/- Shillings Sign. K.O. Peppiatt- Unissued GBR365 I've submitted this issue to PMG for review and will be awaiting their reply, but I also wanted to send out this request for opinions from the Forum group, too. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Please let me know if you agree or why I am wrong. Again, my justification for the request for removal is that Unissued notes should not hold slots in an "Issued Notes" Registry set, such as this one is. Best Regards, Billy