BEP Report Breakdown: May 2016

The BEP released the May 2016 Production Numbers just today.  One new star note runs was printed: $100 - Series 2009A LA 09 600 001* - LA 10 240 000* This is a small run of 640,000 notes, printed to replace damaged sheets. Notes from this run won't command much of a premium, though. Hundreds are not as...

BEP Report Breakdown: April 2016

The BEP released the April 2016 Production Numbers just today.  Two new star note runs were printed: $1 - Series 2013 L 09 600 001* - L 12 800 000* $100 - Series 2009A LA 06 400 001* - LA 09 600 000* There is nothing particularly interesting about these new runs. Neither are small runs, nor are they new FRBs to...

Currency Collecting On A Budget

Back in high school, I was a much more active currency collector than now. Unfortunately, I didn't have much cash to spend on the hobby. Collecting complete sets with top condition notes was out of the question. I had to get creative. Instead of getting excited about having old, rare, historic, etc. notes in my...

BEP Report Breakdown: March 2016

The BEP released the March 2016 Production Numbers a few days ago.  Two new star note runs were printed: $1 - Series 2013 E 00 000 001* - E 03 200 000* There isn't much interesting to say about this.  It is the first run, and a full run from the Richmond (E) FRB. $20 - Series 2013 MF 00 000 001*...

BEP Report Breakdown: February 2016

The BEP released the February 2016 Production Numbers a week-ish ago.  No star notes were reported.  No new series were released.  No new denominations were printed.  No new FRB districts were created.  Carry on.