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If you flip through a wad of paper bills, there’s a slight chance one of those bills may be marked with a small star after its serial number. This is called a star note, or replacement note, and was made by the U.S. government to replace another bill that never reached circulation due to printing errors. We’ll tell you more about star notes, including how rare they are, how to determine their value, where to find them, and a general explainer on the parts of a U.S. dollar bill.
Star Notes at a Glance
Star notes are rare paper money that are produced to replace other bills that contain printing errors. They feature a signature star symbol before or after their serial numbers, and are sometimes more valuable than standard notes, though most aren’t.
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Different countries have their own star notes, not just the U.S. For example, Canada sometimes uses an asterisk at the beginning of the serial numbers on their notes to indicate it’s a replacement.Thanks
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- ↑ https://www.bep.gov/currency/serial-numbers
- ↑ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/one-small-mark-dollar-bill-181741304.html
- ↑ http://www.uspapermoney.info/survey/stargaps.html
- ↑ http://www.uspapermoney.info/survey/stargaps.html
- ↑ https://www.mycurrencycollection.com/reference/star-notes/two-types-of-star-notes-sheet-notes-vs-regular-notes
- ↑ https://www.mycurrencycollection.com/reference/star-notes/is-my-star-note-rare
- ↑ https://www.bep.gov/currency/serial-numbers
- ↑ https://www.uscurrency.gov/denominations/bank-note-identifiers
- ↑ https://www.uscurrency.gov/denominations/bank-note-identifiers
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