8. Serial Numbers and “Star Notes”
Each U.S. dollar of the same denomination and series has its own individual serial number. When a bill with the same serial number is destroyed when it’s printed, it must be replaced in the series to ensure a proper count of the bills produced. To print another bill with the same serial number would be time-consuming and costly. In this instance, a “star note” is substituted . This note has a serial number which is out of sequence with the others in the series. A star is printed after the number to show that it was placed in the series as a substitute.
