What's New?

Here's what's been going on lately around here:

August 10, 2010
Fixed a typo made two days ago on the 2006 $20 page (thanks to Ed Zegers for catching this one!)
August 8, 2010
Added production data from July BEP report; also corrected a typo in the series statistics for the 1981A $10
August 6, 2010
Added a short page about some recently discovered Federal Reserve seal varieties in the newest $1 FRNs; also updated the SOI $20 page again
July 30, 2010
Added a note to the 2006 $1 page regarding the recent discovery of B..* notes that appear to indicate an error in the BEP production reports (thanks to Harvey Cohen for bringing these to my attention; anybody else have any information?)
July 26, 2010
Changed serial data for the 1950E $50 G..* and 1988A $20 B..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks to Karol Winograd and Nicholas Cheung respectively); also corrected a typo in the series statistics for the 1969B $1; also updated the History of Currency Designs section with the latest word from the BEP on the plans for the next design generation; also updated the SOI $20 page again
July 10, 2010
Changed serial data for many series/districts' star notes in the 18-subject $50 and $100 FRNs after receiving quite a few reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks to Karol Winograd for most of these); also added information on potential star gaps to the group lists for the 1935E through 1957B $1 SCs
July 8, 2010
Changed serial data for the 1950C $10 G..*, 1950D $10 B..*, and 1950D $20 L..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks again to David Perkins); also updated the SOI $20 page again
July 5, 2010
Changed serial data for the 1950D $5 B..*, 1950B $10 F..*, 1950A $20 J..*, 1950B $50 A..*, 1950C $50 G..*, and 1950B $100 C..* after observing notes from formerly questionable serial ranges; also added a new survey for mismatched serial errors and one for 1950-series $50 and $100 star notes
July 4, 2010
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1950 through 1950E $50 and $100 FRNs, including for the first time some halfway decent estimates of the printage totals for the star notes in these series; also added the corresponding block and group lists
July 3, 2010
Added production data from June BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for several denominations of Series 2006; also changed serial data for the 1950C $5 B..* and 1950D $10 G..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks to David Perkins for these!)
July 1, 2010
Added the new 2006 $50 IA..B block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Christopher Johnson for the report!)
June 17, 2010
Added production data from May BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for several denominations of Series 2006
June 13, 2010
Changed serial data for the 1950D $10 G..* after observing a note from a formerly questionable serial range
June 5, 2010
Updated the SOI $20 page again
June 3, 2010
Added the new 2003A $2 A..B block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Lloyd Bumm for the report); also changed serial data for the 1963A $5 F..* and 1969 $10 B..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks again to Nicholas Cheung)
May 23, 2010
Added footnotes to the 1950B $20 and 1950C $5 pages regarding the inverted star errors that exist in those series
May 20, 2010
Added production data from April BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for several denominations of Series 2006; also added the new 2009 $1 L..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Christopher Johnson for the report); also fixed errors in the uncut sheet serial ranges on the group lists for the 2001 $1 and 2003 $1 (thanks to Lloyd Bumm for catching these); also changed serial data for the 1963A $5 G..*, 1969 $10 G..*, and 1950D $10 L..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for those)
April 22, 2010
Added images of the just-unveiled Kodachrome $100 note to the History of Currency Designs section; also added a sentence about the design features for the visually impared that are expected to be part of the next round of redesign
April 21, 2010
Added a note to the 2009 $100 page with the scheduled release date for the new design, and added some information about that design to the History of Currency Designs section as well; also changed serial data for the 1963A $20 L..*, 1950B $10 F..*, and 1988 $1 E..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung, again, for these!)
April 20, 2010
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1950 through 1950E $20 FRNs; also added the corresponding block and group lists
April 2, 2010
Added production data from March BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for several denominations of Series 2006; also updated the SOI $20 page again
March 27, 2010
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the remaining denominations of Series 2006
March 25, 2010
Added the second round of the 2003A $2 "2010" notes to the group list for that series
March 24, 2010
Updated the serial ranges of the uncut sheet printings in the 1993 $1 and 1999 $1 group lists with findings from the relevant survey
March 23, 2010
Changed serial data for the 1950E $10 G..* after receiving a report of a note from a formerly questionable serial range; also corrected the low serial for the 1950B $20 K..* after finding a note outside the range previously listed; also updated the page on standard print runs with what data I've been able to work out for the 18-subject FRN stars
March 18, 2010
Corrected a few serial ranges in the 1950-series $20 FRN stars on the $20 serial number summary page; also removed references to the 1928A $10 and $20 GCs throughout the site, reflecting Jamie Yakes's recent discovery that the serial ranges reported for these series actually belong to Series 1928
March 16, 2010
Added the new 2003A $2 K..B block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report); also updated the 1933 $10 SC listings to reflect Jamie Yakes's recent discovery of the official high star serial for that series; also updated the SOI $20 page again
March 9, 2010
Added footnotes to several pages in the serial numbering section regarding some of the more common mismatched serial errors
March 8, 2010
Added the new 2009 $20 JB..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report)
March 6, 2010
Added images of Rios and Geithner signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency section; also added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1950 through 1950E $10 FRNs; also added the corresponding block and group lists
March 5, 2010
Added a note to the 2009 $100 page with the scheduled unveiling date for the new design; also changed serial data for the 1950E $5 B..*, 1963A $10 B..*, and 1974 $10 E..* after receiving reports of notes from formerly questionable serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for a couple of these); also updated the SOI $20 page again
March 4, 2010
Added production data from February BEP report, in the process making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for the (second) 2006 $5, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2009 $1 and 2009 $100
February 28, 2010
Updated the SOI $20 page again
February 26, 2010
Added a note to the main serial numbering page with the first circulation report of the Series 2009 $1; also updated the SOI $20 page again
February 14, 2010
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1950 through 1950E $5 FRNs; also added the corresponding block and group lists; also added a series statistics table, and block and group lists, for the (second) 2006 $5; also updated the SOI $20 page again
February 5, 2010
Added production data from January BEP report
January 30, 2010
Added the new 2006 $1 C..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report)
January 28, 2010
Revised the listings of the 1995 $1 B..* notes to reflect Joe Farrenkopf's recent discovery of several serialling errors; similarly changed an F..* listing in the same series; also updated the SOI $20 page again
January 21, 2010
Added production data from December BEP report, in the process adding a page for the 2009 $20, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of Series 2009; also added the new 2003A $2 F..B uncut-sheet block and "2010" notes to the uncut sheets and other collector products page and to the block and group lists for that series
January 4, 2010
Changed serial data for the 1985 $5 C..* after receiving a report of a note even farther outside the official serial range than before (thanks to Scott Kuzma!); also updated the SOI $20 page again
December 21, 2009
Added a note to the main serial numbering page with the first circulation report of Series 2009 currency; also updated the SOI $20 page again
December 14, 2009
Updated the SOI $20 page again
December 11, 2009
Added production data from November BEP report; also updated the SOI $20 page again
December 8, 2009
Changed serial data for the 1974 $10 D..* after receiving a report of a note from a formerly questionable serial range (thanks to Nicholas Cheung!); also fixed a typo on the standard print runs page; also updated the SOI $20 page again
December 1, 2009
Updated several links on the Links and References page to reflect the BEP's website redesign
November 30, 2009
Added a 1981 $1 Kansas City star run to the monthly table and group list for that series, after receiving a report of a note outside the official serial range (thanks yet again to Nicholas Cheung); also updated the SOI $20 page again
November 24, 2009
Updated the SOI $20 page again
November 22, 2009
Fixed a couple of typos on the 1963A $5 page (thanks to Mike Hawkins for the catch!)
November 21, 2009
Added series statistics tables, and block and group lists, for the 2006 $10 and 2006 $50
November 20, 2009
Added production data from October BEP report
November 10, 2009
Updated the SOI $20 page again
November 2, 2009
Fixed a typo on the 1969B $5 group list; also updated the SOI $20 page again
October 31, 2009
Fixed a typo on the list of series-denomination-type combinations (thanks to Griff Ruby for the catch!); also updated the SOI $20 page with a few new reports
October 29, 2009
Added production data from September BEP report
October 26, 2009
Added the new 2006 $1 L..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report); also updated the SOI $20 page with a few new reports; also fixed typos in the series statistics for the 2001 $20 and the 1990 $50
October 23, 2009
Added a page about the SOI press $20's that have been appearing in circulation over the past few months (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for bringing this variety to my attention, and thanks especially to Karol Winograd for compiling quite a lot of serial data on it); also updated the page on standard print runs with data on the 1953 $2 USN non-star notes, which I've finally pinned down by staring at lots of plate positions; also changed the serial number range listed for the 1988A $1 C..B block uncut sheets, after receiving a report of a sheet refuting my previous best guess at the serial range (thanks to Joe Farrenkopf for that one)
September 19, 2009
Added a 1981A $10 Atlanta star run to the monthly table and group list for that series, and also changed serial data for the 1977 $10 E..*, after receiving reports of notes outside the official serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for both of these!)
September 18, 2009
Added production data from August BEP report; also added a note to the uncut sheets page that the 2006 $5 HF..B sheets were not released in full 32-subject format, after receiving confirmation of this from the BEP (thanks to Harvey Cohen for passing the word along!)
August 18, 2009
Added production data from July BEP report; also corrected serial data for the 2006 $100 by adding a print run of star notes that the BEP had originally omitted from the March 2007 production report; also added an entry for new U.S. Treasurer Rosa Gumataotao Rios to the small-size chronology and currency signers pages, though of course I don't have an image of her signature yet
August 6, 2009
Added the second round of the 2003A $2 "2009" notes to the group list for that series; also corrected serial ranges for some of the 1995 $2 and $5 uncut sheets
July 31, 2009
Changed serial data for the 1988A $1 B..* and L..* after receiving even more reports of notes outside the official serial ranges; also changed serial data for the 1969 $20 L..* after receiving a report of a note from a formerly questionable serial range (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for all of these); also added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1963 and 1963A $5 through $20 FRNs; also added the corresponding block and group lists
July 30, 2009
Fixed a typo in the 1981A $100 group list and a broken link on the links and references page
July 29, 2009
Added the new 2006 $5 HF..B block to the uncut sheets page; also changed serial data for the 1988A $1 I..* again after receiving a report of a note even farther outside the official serial range than before (thanks to John Patrick for that one); also fixed typos in the series statistics for the 1993 $5 and the 1999 $10
July 17, 2009
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1969 through 1969C $5 through $20 FRNs; also added the corresponding block and group lists
July 15, 2009
Added the new 2003A $2 D..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report)
July 11, 2009
Added block and group lists, and a series statistics table, for the 1935E $1 SC
July 9, 2009
Added production data from June BEP report; also updated the serial ranges of the uncut sheet printings in several of the group lists with findings from the relevant survey, though some gaps and doubts still remain
July 8, 2009
Changed serial data for the 1988A $1 B..* again after receiving a report of a note even farther outside the official serial range than before (thanks again to Nicholas Cheung)
June 25, 2009
Added images of Glass and Thompson signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency section; also added the new 2003A $2 "2009" notes to the group list for that series
June 19, 2009
Added production data from May BEP report (sorry for the delay; I was without Internet access for a while there...)
May 23, 2009
Changed serial data for the 1988 $1 B..* and E..*, the 1988A $1 I..*, and the 1988A $10 D..* after receiving several reports of notes outside the official serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung and Karol Winograd for these)
May 11, 2009
Corrected serial data for the 1950D $10 E..* after receiving a report of a note outside the listed serial range (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again)
May 8, 2009
Added production data from April BEP report; also added the new 2006 $1 K..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Christopher Johnson for the report)
April 7, 2009
Added production data from March BEP report
March 17, 2009
Added the new 2006 $1 E..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Joe Farrenkopf for the report); also corrected serial data for the 1985 $1 E..* after receiving several reports of notes outside the listed serial range (thanks to Nicholas Cheung and Ed Zegers for these)
March 13, 2009
Added production data from February BEP report; also made a few small corrections to the data on uncut sheets in the 1985 and 2003A $1's; also added a 1974 $100 Philadelphia star run to the monthly table and group list for that series, after receiving a report of a note outside the official serial range (thanks to Nicholas Cheung and Joe Farrenkopf for various reports)
February 14, 2009
Added production data from January BEP report; also corrected a typo on the 1988 $5 page (thanks to Brian for catching this one!)
January 26, 2009
Added an entry for new Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to the small-size chronology and currency signers pages, though of course I don't have an image of his signature yet
January 6, 2009
Added production data from December BEP report; also added the new 2003A $2 H..E block (from the "Lucky Money 8.8.8" set) to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
December 29, 2008
Added production data from November BEP report (sorry for the delay--was travelling for the holidays); also added the new 2003A $2 I..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Christopher Johnson for reporting this one!)
November 11, 2008
Added production data from October BEP report; also added the new 2003A $2 A..D and C..D blocks to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
October 16, 2008
Corrected a typo on the 1990 $50 page (thanks to Brian in Oregon for catching this one!)
October 13, 2008
Updated the page on standard print runs with data on the 1935E $1 SC non-star notes, which I've finally pinned down by staring at lots of plate positions
October 11, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 D..D block to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
October 3, 2008
Added production data from September BEP report
September 12, 2008
Corrected a typo in the serialling data for the 1981 $100, affecting the April 1984 New York range (thanks to Fran Guardino for catching this one!)
September 2, 2008
Added production data from August BEP report
August 9, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 B..B and E..D blocks to the appropriate tables on the uncut sheets and other premium products page (thanks again to Harvey Cohen for reporting the former); also corrected serial data for the 1988A $20 B..* after receiving a report of a note outside the listed serial range (thanks again to Nicholas Cheung)
August 8, 2008
Added production data from July BEP report
July 25, 2008
Added production data from June BEP report
July 19, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $500 through $10000 GCs; serialling data is finally complete (well, as complete as it's getting) for all large-size notes except Nationals (thanks again to Doug Murray for providing nearly all the large-size serialling data!)
July 10, 2008
Corrected serial data for the 2004A $50 and 2006 $100 by adding several print runs that the BEP had originally omitted from the February 2007 production report
July 1, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $100 GCs and the $500 through $10000 USNs and FRNs
June 26, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $100 USNs and the $100 through $1000 SCs
June 9, 2008
Added production data from May BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for the 2004A $10
May 26, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for all remaining $50 notes except Nationals; also corrected serial data for 1988A $1 star run L#3 after receiving a report of a note outside the listed serial range (thanks yet again to Nicholas Cheung for this one)
May 24, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 K..D block to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other premium products page; also finally added scans of the new Kodachrome $5 to the History of Currency Designs; also added a few illustrations of star serials to the page on serial numbering
May 6, 2008
Added production data from April BEP report; also added block and group lists, and a series statistics table, for the (first) 2006 $5
May 5, 2008
Corrected serial data for the 1981 $50 J..* after receiving a report of a note outside the listed serial range (thanks yet again to Nicholas Cheung for this one)
May 3, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 G..D block to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
May 2, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $20 SCs and the $20 through $1000 CNs
April 19, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $20 USNs and GCs
April 12, 2008
Corrected serial data for the 1969B $5 B..* after receiving a report of a note outside the listed serial range; also listed the formerly questionable 1977 $1 I..* run #2 as a conventional printing, after finally getting a scan of an extant note (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the former and Scott Kuzma for the latter!)
April 9, 2008
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1953 through 1963 $5 USNs and all 1953-series $5 and $10 SCs; also added the new 2006 $5 IB..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the report!)
April 5, 2008
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1935F and 1935G $1 SCs and the 1953 through 1963A $2 USNs
April 2, 2008
Added production data from March BEP report; also removed a footnote from the 1985 $20 page about the uncertain length of star run C#2, after receiving a report of a note showing that it was a full print run after all (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again!)
March 15, 2008
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1935H through 1957B $1 SCs and the 1966 and 1966A $100 USNs
March 14, 2008
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1963A and 1969 $50's
March 13, 2008
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1969A through 1969C $50's
March 12, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 L..D block to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page; also added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1963A through 1969C $100's; also adjusted the serial data for 1977 $50 star run G#20 after receiving a report of a note outside the serial range I'd conjectured for this run, which was printed but never reported by the BEP (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for tracking down this note!)
March 6, 2008
Added production data from February BEP report
February 29, 2008
Added production data from January BEP report, making the necessary additions to the group lists for the 2003A $1; also added the new 2003A $2 B..D block to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
February 9, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $50 and $100 FRNs
February 8, 2008
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $10 and $20 FRNs
February 4, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 H..C and H..D blocks to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
January 18, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 F..D block to the list of premium notes on the uncut sheets and other collector products page
January 14, 2008
Added the new 2006 $5 HF..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Gerald Glasser for the report!)
January 11, 2008
Added the new 2003A $2 E..A and 2006 $10 IF..A blocks to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Harvey Cohen again!); also added the missing 1977 $50 star run G#20 to the monthly table and group list for that series, after finally receiving confirmation of its existence (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again!)
January 7, 2008
Added production data from December BEP report
December 21, 2007
Added production data from November BEP report
December 13, 2007
Updated the page for the Kodachrome 2006 $5 with the release date for the new design; also finally updated all of the denomination summary pages to include the post-1995 serial ranges
November 8, 2007
Added production data from October BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the Kodachrome 2006 $5 (though it still doesn't appear in all the places that it should, because I haven't quite figured out what to do about the bizarre reuse of the series date...)
October 10, 2007
Added production data from September BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2006 $10
September 27, 2007
Corrected a typo in the high serial for the 1981A Atlanta $50 on the $50 notes summary page (thanks yet again to Nicholas Cheung for catching the error)
September 14, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the remaining denominations of Series 2003A and 2004A
September 13, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for most denominations of Series 2003A and 2004A
September 9, 2007
Added production data from August BEP report
September 3, 2007
Corrected serial data for the 1981 $1 C..*, 1985 $5 C..*, and 1985 $20 E..* after receiving reports of notes outside the official serial ranges (thanks to Samuel Aronovsky for the first one and Nicholas Cheung for the others!)
August 18, 2007
Added the new 2003A $2 G..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks again to Harvey Cohen for the report!)
August 16, 2007
Added production data from July BEP report
July 14, 2007
Added production data from June BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for the 2004 $20
June 30, 2007
Added images of Tillman and Morgan signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
June 4, 2007
Added production data from May BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2006 $5
May 24, 2007
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $10, $20, and $50 FRBNs
May 23, 2007
Added image of Paulson signature to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
May 22, 2007
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the remaining series of $10 SCs
May 18, 2007
Updated the last couple of paragraphs in the History of Currency Designs section to reflect the BEP's recent announcement on the security features of the upcoming Kodachrome $100; also added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $10 GCs
May 16, 2007
Corrected the status of 1977 $20 star run K#4 from conventional to COPE; also corrected the serial data for 1993 $20 star run A#1 after receiving reports of serial numbers and plate positions indicating a different run structure than that listed in the BEP reports (thanks again to Nicholas Cheung on both of these!)
May 9, 2007
Added the new 2006 $1 D..A block to the uncut sheets page; also added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the $10 CNs and several series of $10 SCs
May 8, 2007
Added production data from April BEP report, making the necessary additions to the block and group lists for the 2003 $5
April 27, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1963B, 1963A, and 1963 $1's; also added block and group lists for the 1963A $50's and $100's
April 26, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1969B, 1969A, and 1969 $1's; also added block and group lists for all of the 1969-series $50's and $100's
April 25, 2007
Added an A..* print run to the 1974 $100 page, after receiving a clear enough scan of a note above the official high serial to determine that the extra run really was COPE-overprinted (thanks to Jennifer Lynch on this one!)
April 23, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1974 $5, $10, and $20 and the 1969D and 1969C $1's
April 21, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1977 $5, $10, and $20
April 13, 2007
Added pages to the large-size serial numbering section for the remaining $10 USN series
April 7, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1977 and 1974 $50's and $100's
April 4, 2007
Added production data from March BEP report; also added pages to the serial numbering section for the $10 and $20 Demand Notes, and a few series of $10 USNs
March 30, 2007
Added a page to the serial numbering section for the 1914 $5 FRNs
March 29, 2007
Added a duplicate BE..* print run to the 1999 $5 page, after receiving several reports of serials and plate positions that don't match the official BEP data, plus others that do (cf. the similar duplicate run in the 1995 $1's)
March 25, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1977A $5 and $10 and the 1974 $1
March 18, 2007
Added the new 2006 $20 IB..A and 2006 $50 ID..A blocks to the uncut sheets page
March 2, 2007
Added production data from February BEP report
March 1, 2007
Corrected the changeover point between the 1963 and 1963A Cleveland $20 stars, after receiving a report of notes outside the official serial ranges; also corrected a typo in the high serial for the 1969C Boston $50's (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again on both of these)
February 25, 2007
Added block and group lists, and series statistics tables, for the 1977 $1 and 1976 $2
February 24, 2007
Added pages to the serial numbering section for several more large-size $5 series; these are now complete for all large-size $5 notes except Nationals and FRNs
February 22, 2007
Added pages to the serial numbering section for several series of large-size $5 SCs
February 7, 2007
Added an index to large-size serial tables in order to make the data on the large-size notes easier to navigate
February 2, 2007
Added production data from January BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2006 $100; also added block and group lists, and a series statistics table, for the 1977A $1
January 27, 2007
Added the new 2003A $1 G..B block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Harvey Cohen and Chris Johnson for reporting this one); also added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1861 $5 Demand Notes and all large-size $5 USNs
January 23, 2007
Added block and group lists, and the corresponding series statistics tables, for the $50's and $100's from Series 1988 back to Series 1981
January 22, 2007
Added the new 2003A $5 FL..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report!)
January 18, 2007
Added production data from December BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2006 $50; also added the new 2003A $1 G..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to several folks who reported this one while I was away for the holidays)
December 13, 2006
Added production data from November BEP report, in the process adding a page for the 2006 $20, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of Series 2006
December 2, 2006
Added block and group lists, and the corresponding series statistics tables, for the $10's and $20's from Series 1985 back to Series 1981; also added the new 2003A $2 L..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report!)
November 30, 2006
Added a page to the serial numbering section for the 1862 $2 USNs (serialling data is now complete for all large-size $2 notes except Nationals); also added a new 'A' typeface varieties survey to the surveys section
November 29, 2006
Changed the high serials for the 1988A $20's on Dallas and the 1988 $50's on New York after receiving reports of notes outside the official serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung and Phelux respectively!)
November 24, 2006
Added the new 1995 $5 H..I block to the uncut sheets page and to the relevant block and group lists (thanks to James O'Connell for the report!)
November 18, 2006
Added pages to the serial numbering section for several more large-size $2 series, including the 1918 $2 FRBNs and all the $2 SCs
November 16, 2006
Added production data from October BEP report
November 9, 2006
Added the new 2003A $1 J..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Chris Johnson for the report!)
November 8, 2006
Added the new 2003A $2 J..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to several folks who reported this one--sorry for taking so long to get it up!)
October 27, 2006
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1880 $2 USNs and several other large-size $2 series
October 21, 2006
Added a note to the main serial numbering page with the official word from the Treasury on the series designation of the upcoming Series 2006
October 19, 2006
Added block and group lists, and the corresponding series statistics tables, for the $5's from Series 1988 back to Series 1981
October 18, 2006
Added two print runs of star notes to the monthly production tables, one each in the 2003A $2's and the 2004A $10's, reflecting an addition made to the September BEP report online
October 13, 2006
Added a page to the serial numbering section for the 1862 $1 USNs; serialling data is now complete for all large-size $1 notes except Nationals
October 5, 2006
Added production data from September BEP report; also corrected the serial data for 1995 $1 star run A#1, after receiving many reports of serial numbers and plate positions refuting the run structure given in the BEP reports
September 7, 2006
Added block and group lists, and the corresponding series statistics tables, for the $1's from Series 1988 back to Series 1981
September 6, 2006
Added production data from August BEP report
September 4, 2006
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1918 $1 FRBNs, the 1890 and 1891 $1 CNs, and several additional $1 SC and USN series; also revised the navigation links between the existing large-size serialling pages, and finally linked to the large-size pages from the small-size ones (thanks to Doug Murray for providing a truly incredible amount of data on large-size serial ranges, of which this is only the beginning...)
August 31, 2006
Added images of Lyons, Roberts, Vernon, and Treat signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
August 26, 2006
Added the new 2003A $1 C..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the report)
August 9, 2006
Added a note to the 2003A $2 page with the word from the BEP on the total printage of $2's planned this year
August 7, 2006
Added production data from July BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2003A $2
August 6, 2006
Corrected a typo in the monthly production table for the 1996 $100 by moving a range in the May 1998 production from Dallas to St. Louis (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for catching this one!)
July 31, 2006
Added data on star runs for sheets vs. for notes to the group lists for each series (I've been looking for a good place to put that information for years; it doesn't fit into the monthly production tables without adding an unreasonable amount of clutter...)
July 25, 2006
Added block and group lists, and the corresponding series statistics tables, for several more denominations and series; these now exist for all completed series back to Series 1988A, thus covering all notes printed since the BEP's Fort Worth facility began production
July 18, 2006
Added the new 2003 $5 DL..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Jon Walker for the report!)
July 15, 2006
Added block and group lists for several denominations and series
July 12, 2006
Added production data from June BEP report, and adjusted the uncut sheets page to reflect the fact that the 2003A $1 E..A is no longer a sheet-only block
July 10, 2006
Added an entry for new Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson to the small-size chronology and currency signers pages, though of course I don't have an image of his signature yet; also fixed the COPE/conventional data on the 1969D $1 and 1974 $1 pages after receiving reports of several COPE notes in serial ranges of formerly questionable status (thanks to Scott Kuzma for these!)
July 7, 2006
Added Wyman's first and Morgan's middle names to the Signers of U.S. Currency section (they turned up in an article in Paper Money)
June 29, 2006
Updated the last couple of paragraphs in the History of Currency Designs section to reflect the BEP's new delayed timetable for the release of the Kodachrome $5 and $100; also updated several pages around the site with the end date of John Snow's term in office
June 26, 2006
Added the new 1995 $5 H..K block to the uncut sheets page and to the relevant block and group lists (thanks to James O'Connell for the report!)
June 24, 2006
Added a run of Dallas star notes to the 2003A $1 page, reflecting a correction recently made to the online May BEP report; also added a run of Richmond star notes to the 1985 $1 page, after receiving a report of a note from a previously unreported serial range; also added a footnote to the 1995 $1 page questioning the data on the Boston star notes, after receiving a report of a note from a serial range reported as having been skipped (thanks to Nicholas Cheung and Luke Roman for these two reports!)
June 8, 2006
Added block and group lists for most denominations of Series 2003 and 2004
June 7, 2006
Added production data from May BEP report
June 2, 2006
Added a new section devoted to the block and group lists that I've been developing to go along with the Series Statistics tables--which, incidentally, are now complete for all series and denominations that have both Washington and Fort Worth printings, up to Series 2001
May 31, 2006
Added the new 2003A $1 E..A and L..C blocks to the uncut sheets page; also adjusted a serial range for 1981 $50 Kansas City stars, after receiving a report of a note with a lower sheet number than previously known (thanks to Nicholas Cheung, yet again, for reporting all of these!)
May 29, 2006
Changed the high serial for the 1950D $20 Kansas City stars, and the changeover point between the 1969C and 1974 Chicago $100's, after receiving reports of notes outside the official serial ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the latter)
May 22, 2006
Added similar Series Statistics tables to the 1988A $1 and 1995 $1 pages, and did a small amount of revising to the format of the associated breakdown lists
May 17, 2006
Added a Series Statistics table to the 1993 $1 page, with links to breakdowns of the 1993 $1's by blocks, complex blocks, and groups (feedback on this new feature is appreciated, so that I can fine-tune it before I start implementing it on all of the other series' pages!)
May 15, 2006
Added a missing serial range to the 1990 $50 page (thanks to Bill Russell for catching the error!)
May 9, 2006
Added production data from April BEP report
April 17, 2006
Added a couple of runs of star notes, in the 1981 $50's and 1974 $100's, after receiving reports of observed notes above the official highs (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again!)
April 8, 2006
Added the new 2004A $10 GF..* block to the uncut sheets page; also added Robert Azpiazu's new book to the list of references on the links and references page
April 4, 2006
Added production data from March BEP report
March 27, 2006
Added a footnote to the 2003 $10 page regarding a serialling quirk that has recently been reported (thanks to Bob Brown for bringing this to my attention; anybody have any more information on it?)
March 22, 2006
Added the new 1995 $5 H..H and 2004A $10 GB..* blocks to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the reports!)
March 16, 2006
Added image of Parker signature to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
March 3, 2006
Added production data from February BEP report
March 1, 2006
Added the new 1995 $5 H..J and 2003 $5 DG..* blocks to the uncut sheets page (thanks again to Tim Luckey for the reports!)
February 2, 2006
Added production data from January BEP report
January 31, 2006
Added the new 2004A $20 GA..* block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Tim Luckey for the report!)
January 22, 2006
Added William McC. Martin's middle name to the Signers of U.S. Currency section (it turned up in a news article on Alan Greenspan, of all places...)
January 13, 2006
Added production data from December BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the long-awaited 2003A $5; also added three new blocks to the uncut sheets page, the 1995 $5 H..F and H..G and the 2003 $10 DA..* (thanks to Tim Luckey for reporting these!)
January 11, 2006
Added the new 2003A $1 F..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the report); also added to the same page a clarifying note about the 2003 $2 premium star notes (thanks to Jon Winberg for passing along the word from the BEP)
December 21, 2005
Added the new 2003 $2 G..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Al Espen for the report!)
December 15, 2005
Changed my email address to webmaster@uspapermoney.info throughout the site (I finally figured out how to send and receive email on this domain!); also replaced the images on the Inverted 'W' Survey page with better scans (of, unfortunately, a lower-grade note...)
December 14, 2005
Changed the serial ranges for the 2003 $2 premium star notes on the Uncut Sheets and Premium Products page, since the BEP's now selling notes with serials higher than they reported printing
December 6, 2005
Added production data from November BEP report; also corrected another error on the Checklist of Small-Size Designs (thanks to Kurt Sneathen again!)
December 2, 2005
Added the newly announced release date for the Kodachrome $10's to the 2004A $10 page; also added the new 2003A $1 L..B block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Harvey Cohen for the report!)
November 17, 2005
Added a couple runs of star notes to the 1974 $50 page, after receiving a report of a note outside the official ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung again!)
November 6, 2005
Added images of Napier and McClung signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
November 5, 2005
Adjusted the COPE/conventional data on the 1969B $1 page again, retracting the change made 10/25/04 which seems to have been based on a misidentified note
November 3, 2005
Added production data from October BEP report
October 20, 2005
Added a page to the serial numbering section for the 1923 $1 SCs (but didn't yet link to it from anywhere else; I'm going to have to figure out a different way of organising and connecting the various pages in the serials section in order to better accommodate the series dating conventions of the large-size notes....)
October 15, 2005
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1928-1928F $5 USNs, the 1934-1934D $5 SCs, and the 1933-1933A and 1934-1934D $10 SCs
October 14, 2005
Corrected the information on high-denomination FRNs on the Checklist of Small-Size Designs (thanks to Kurt Sneathen for reporting an error!)
October 12, 2005
Changed the serial ranges listed for the rather confused 1969C Atlanta $20 star notes, after finally getting enough reported serials and plate positions to pin down what actually happened there (thanks to Nicholas Cheung, again, for spotting the necessary notes); also added a line about web notes to the three relevant $1 serial pages
October 3, 2005
Added production data from September BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2004A $50
September 28, 2005
Added images and description of the just-unveiled Kodachrome $10 note to the History of Currency Designs section
September 24, 2005
Added image of McAdoo signature to the Signers of U.S. Currency section; also fixed all the broken images in that section by inserting blank images wherever I don't yet have a signature; also added to the table of standard print runs data on the transition from 100,000- to 200,000-sheet print runs (thanks go to Nicholas Cheung for verifying a sufficient number of the changeover points to give reasonable certainty that they're all at block rollovers)
September 17, 2005
Moved a print run of Minneapolis star notes from the 1977A $1 page to the 1977 $1 page, upon receiving a report of an extant Series 1977 note from this serial range (thanks to Nicholas Cheung again)
September 8, 2005
Added the new 2003 $2 F..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Harvey Cohen for the report!)
September 7, 2005
Added production data from August BEP report
September 6, 2005
Updated the 2004A $10 and History of Currency Designs pages with the newly-announced date for the unveiling of the Kodachrome $10 design
August 30, 2005
Changed the high serial for the 1974 $10 Richmond stars, after receiving a report of a note even farther outside the official ranges than previously reported; also updated the page on standard print runs with data on the 1953 $5 USN non-star notes, which I've finally pinned down by staring at lots of plate positions
August 15, 2005
Changed a link on the Links & References page to reflect the new web address for the Bank Note Reporter
August 13, 2005
Added a footnote to the 1995 $1 page about the recently-discovered duplicated B..* serials
August 8, 2005
Added production data from July BEP report, and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2004A $10
August 6, 2005
Corrected the high serial of the 1963A $1 on St. Louis (thanks to Les Shudrowitz for catching the typo!)
August 5, 2005
Added the new 2003A $1 L..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to J.O.N. for the report!)
July 27, 2005
Added production data from June BEP report (sorry for the delay; was on vacation for a couple of weeks) and updated several pages around the site to reflect the existence of the 2003A $100; also fixed the high serial number for the 1950E $10 on district B (thanks to Ceephus for catching the error!)
June 23, 2005
Added the missing 1985 $10 star run A#1 and the missing 1985 $20 star run G#1 to the appropriate monthly tables after finally receiving confirmation of their existence; also corrected serial ranges of the 1977 and 1977A $5 star notes, the 1969A through 1974 $50 notes, and the 1995 $10 I..Y block premium notes after receiving confirmation of several notes outside the official ranges (thanks again to Nicholas Cheung for most of these reports)
June 15, 2005
Added H.T. Tate's first name to the Signers of U.S. Currency section (thanks to David Tate Helene for the information!)
June 10, 2005
Added production data from May BEP report, in the process adding a page for the 2004A $20; revised the note about the new series again since the serialling of Series 2004A turned out not to be as the BEP had announced; also updated several pages around the site to include Series 2004A
May 20, 2005
Added images of Cabral signature and all missing FRB officials' signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
May 17, 2005
Revised the note about Series 2003A again to reflect confirmation of the $1's in circulation; also added a page for the 2003A $1, at the moment containing only a summary of the circulation reports to date, and updated several pages around the site to include the new series
May 14, 2005
Revised the note about Series 2003A again to reflect the first circulation report
May 12, 2005
Added a new survey, attempting to determine the serial ranges of the modern uncut sheets
May 8, 2005
Added image of Teehee signature, and temporary image of Cabral signature, to the Signers of U.S. Currency section
May 7, 2005
Corrected minor typos on the 1963A $1, 1969D $1, and $5 summary pages in the serial numbering section
May 3, 2005
Added production data from April BEP report; revised the note about Series 2003A again to reflect its continued absence
April 30, 2005
Added the new 2003 $1 J..A block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Harvey Cohen for the report)
April 16, 2005
Revised and expanded several pages of the History of Currency Designs, adding information on lathework changes &c. (thanks to Greg Spahr for bringing much of this to my attention) and rearranging a few items that had been out of chronological order
April 11, 2005
Added a page of Federal Reserve Bank officials to the currency signers section (though, like the rest of that section, it's a bit of a work in progress)
April 5, 2005
Added production data from March BEP report; also corrected the earlier statement about the upcoming Series 2003A/2004A after receiving updated information from the BEP
April 2, 2005
Added the new 2001 $5 CC..A block to the uncut sheets page
March 23, 2005
Added the missing 1977 $50 star run G#21 to the appropriate monthly table, after finally receiving confirmation of its existence (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again!)
March 21, 2005
Added a note to the main serial numbering page with the official word from the BEP on the series designation and serialling of the upcoming Series 2004A
March 19, 2005
Added a page to the serial numbering section for the 1928-1928G $2's
March 14, 2005
Added production data from February BEP report
March 10, 2005
Added the new 2003 $1 B..B block to the uncut sheets page (thanks to Harvey Cohen for the report); also added a newly reported print run of star notes to the 1974 $100 page (thanks again to Nicholas Cheung)
February 15, 2005
Added the new 1995 $5 H..E block to the uncut sheets page
February 3, 2005
Added production data from January BEP report; also added a few missing ranges to the 1988A $20 page after receiving confirmation of extant notes (how does Nicholas Cheung find all of these?!)
January 26, 2005
Corrected the formerly questionable high serial of the 1974 $50 on St. Louis after receiving confirmation of a note from the last print run (thanks once again to Nicholas Cheung!)
January 19, 2005
Added the new 2003 $2 B..A block to the uncut sheets page
January 17, 2005
Added the new 2003 $1 K..B block to the uncut sheets page; corrected a typo'd serial range in the 1993 $20 star notes (thanks to Nicholas Cheung yet again)
January 13, 2005
Added production data from December BEP report (sorry for the delay; I'm still catching up from the holidays....)
December 20, 2004
Added the 1995 $5 "Prosperity" sheets to the uncut sheets page, with the necessary note about the nonstandard serials; also corrected the serial range of the 1995 $10 A..Y block premium notes on the same page (thanks to Chaiyod Soontrapa for catching this one!)
December 13, 2004
Added an entry for new U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral to the small-size chronology and currency signers pages, though of course I don't have an image of her signature yet
December 9, 2004
Added production data from November BEP report; corrected serial ranges of 1969C and 1974 $5 star notes after receiving confirmation of a note outside the official ranges (thanks to Nicholas Cheung for the umpty-twelfth time!)
November 28, 2004
Added a link to WebPressNotes.Com to the Links & References page
November 7, 2004
Added images of Burke and Houston signatures to the Signers of U.S. Currency page; also improved a few images on other pages
November 4, 2004
Added production data from October BEP report
October 29, 2004
Added pages for the rest of the 1953 and 1963 USN and SC series
October 25, 2004
Added pages for the 1928-1928E and 1934 $1's and the 1963 and 1963A $2's; also adjusted the COPE/conventional data on the 1969B $1 page after obtaining a conventional note from a range I'd listed as COPE (thanks to Nicholas Cheung again!)
October 24, 2004
Added a page for the 1935-1935D $1's, showing how all of the odd 1935A printings interlace among other things
October 23, 2004
Added pages to the serial numbering section for the 1935E through 1957B $1's and the 1966 and 1966A $100's; also reorganised the links between the various individual series/denom pages, from Series 1976 backward, to allow for more complex connexions
October 15, 2004
Added a line about uncut sheets and BEP premium products to all applicable series/denom serial pages
October 12, 2004
Added production data from September BEP report
September 25, 2004
Added rough serial ranges for the 1950-series $20 FRN stars to the $20 serial number summary page
September 24, 2004
Added a table of potential serial ranges for the Series 1957 inverted 'W' error to the surveys section; also added a main surveys page, and finally listed the surveys on the site map
September 23, 2004
Added the missing 1988A $1 star run B#2 to the appropriate monthly table, after finally receiving confirmation of its existence (thanks to Nicholas Cheung on this one!)
September 13, 2004
Added rough serial ranges for the 1950-series $50 and $100 FRN stars to the serial number summary pages for those denominations
September 9, 2004
Added production data from August BEP report
September 6, 2004
Added the serial ranges for the Hawaii and North Africa star notes (from the new 5th edition of Oakes & Schwartz) to the serials summary pages for each denomination; tentatively resolved the issue of the 1950E $10 B..* ending serial with data from the same source
August 8, 2004
Added production data from July BEP report; corrected May 2004 $1 F..* range from Series 2003 to Series 2001
July 31, 2004
New site launched
May 8, 2004
USPaperMoney.Info domain registered and construction of new site started

Before summer 2004, the site was hosted on my old webspace at the University of Wisconsin. Just for fun, here's the first page I ever put together, just to test how the tables would look. It dates back to October 19, 2000, so I suppose that's the best date I can come up with for the original creation of the site....

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