To be clear, if your series 2013 $1 star note falls in these runs of serial numbers, your note is part of a duplicate print run:

This is not supposed to happen, making these star notes extra collectable and more valuable. However, in 2016 the two printing facilities miscommunicated and the Fort Worth Facility printed these three runs of star notes for the New York â€œBâ€ district :ī 0000 0001 * - B 0320 0000 * (June 2016)ī 0320 0001 * - B 0640 0000 * (June 2016)ī 0640 0001 * - B 0960 0000 * (July 2016)Īs you can see, some of these serial numbers overlap. printing facility printed 3 star note runs for the New York â€œBâ€ district. How did such a thing happen? Well, in 2014 the Washington D.C. made some sort of a communication error and ended up making star notes with duplicate serial numbers.

However, in 2013, the printing facilities in Fort Worth and Washington D.C. I just found one in my change and thought it would make for an interesting blog post, so here it goes!Īs we all know, serial numbers on dollar bills are supposed to be unique. This is determined by the number range that the star note’s serial number fits into.Hello, everyone! Today I will be talking about the series 2013 $1 bill duplicate print run star notes. Many times, collectors refer to star notes by their run number. Generally, collectors consider runs of 640,000 notes or less to be rare. Star notes get their rarity from the quantity printed and released into circulation. If a partial run is printed, the next run will start at the next closest multiple of 3.2 million. Sometimes, this many notes are not needed, in which case less are printed. Star notes are printed in what are called “runs.” For the current printing systems used by the BEP, the maximum run size for star notes is 3.2 million notes (100,000 32-note sheets). These replacement notes are printed just like normal notes, except there is a star printed in the serial number. A Star note is used by the BEP ( Bureau of Engraving and Printing) to replace misprinted/damaged currency before it goes into circulation.

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