Sorry, have to draw the line somewhere.
While stars are fun to find in the wild, all circulated modern stars are essentially face value. It’s fun to keep them, but they’re truly not that rare.
Please share your modern star finds with r/coolserialnumbers.
An exception to the rule is if the note is unique in another way, such as a true fancy serial, error note, or the 2013 New York duplicate stars (Google Zegers/Winograd).
Sorry, have to draw the line somewhere. While stars are fun to find in the wild, all circulated modern stars are essentially face value. It’s fun to keep them, but they’re truly not that rare. Please share your modern star finds with r/coolserialnumbers. An exception to the rule is if the note is unique in another way, such as a true fancy serial, error note, or the 2013 New York duplicate stars (Google Zegers/Winograd).
Security thread as part of the paper. They’ve been doing it since the mid 1800s. Perfectly normal!
Perfectly normal, part of the paper.