When I started collecting small size notes, information regarding the number of star notes printing was often not available.  For over thirty years I have been recording serial number data for star notes I observed or appeared in auction.  I have been able to calculate several star note printings from my observations.

My first post is an introduction of myself.  I would consider myself a hardcore collector of small size US currency.  My first introduction to currency collecting was in the late 1960s when my grandmother was actively searching for $1 FRN Barr notes. At that point I started looking at all notes.  I bought my first currency book shortly thereafter.

In the 1970s I was pulling circulated $1 FRN star notes out of circulation.  While none were worth more than face, I still regarded them as rare.