12-26-11
Sneak Peek of the Collection Manager - "Add a Note"
Two months ago I announced my plans to make MyCurrencyCollection much more than just a currency reference website. I'm building a place for you to organize and share your currency collection online. So in the past two months I've squeezed in development hours before/after work and on weekends. Now I want to show you a bit of what I've done.
NOTE: The application is not finished [...]
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10-23-11
Updates and the Future
Over the past few weeks, I have been busy updating the entire MyCurrencyCollection website. Today, I finally put those changes live. What exactly has changed? Everything, really.
The most noticeable changes were made to the star note lookup , web note lookup , and national banknote lookup . The designs of the lookup forms, results, and behind-the-scenes functionality have all [...]
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08-20-11
What Is The Difference Between Run 1, 1B, 1C?
If you look at the star note production tables you'll see sometimes a run labeled 1B or 2B like here . Here's an explanation why these runs aren't labeled numerically as you'd expect.
Some basics of modern star note printing
Star notes are printed in groups of 3,200,000 notes. Run numbers generally align with serial number ranges [...]
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08-15-11
July 2011 BEP Report
The only new star notes printed last month were of the $100 denomination:
A run of 1.28 million notes for the 2006 San Francisco (L) district: HL 2880 0001 - HL 3008 0000 .
A short run of 128,000 notes for the 2009 New York (B) district: JB 3520 0001 - JB 3532 8000 .
The above two runs are each being added to districts that already have a HUGE quantity of stars printed. [...]
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08-05-11
Which Modern Star Runs Are Rarest? (continued)
This is a continuation of Which Modern Star Runs Are Rarest? with the $10, $20, $50, and $100 tables.
The $10 Results
Denom-Series Run Number Run Size Serial Number Range $10 - 1999 #1A 32,000 E 00000001 - E 00032000 $10 - 1999 #1B 3,200 E 00032001 - E 00035200 $10 - 1999 #1 35,200 F 00000001 - F 00035200 [...]
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08-04-11
Which Modern Star Runs Are Rarest?
Which star notes runs are the rarest? Which are the most valuable? Great questions to ask, but difficult to answer. It depends on many factors: the size of the run, the number of runs and total printed for that FRB district, and age (series). Then there are external factors: collectibility (it's easier to collect dollars by run than hundreds), the note's condition, and even the [...]
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New Features: Printable Star Tables
When I first started collecting currency, my main interest was (believe it or not) star notes. One of the first things I did was create an excel spreadsheet of modern star note runs. At the time I was high school student with little disposable cash, so I found my stars by searching straps. When I would find one, I'd visit my trusty spreadsheet and find its run size and mark that I now had [...]
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08-03-11
Welcome to MyCurrencyCollection's New Blog
Hey folks,
Welcome to the new blog for My Currency Collection. If you're wondering what'll be posted here, I'm right there with you. I haven't really thought that far ahead.
I built this blog because I recently got into the mood of improving and adding new reference material. Maybe I'll try to document what I'm changing and adding to hopefully get your feedback. What works, [...]
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