2013B Star Note Duplicate Serial Number Project to help collectors find Matched Pairs 0

[Project2013B]

The ERROR:

In 2014 and 2016, The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), printed 2013 $1 New York star notes from two facilities, Washington DC and Fort Worth. This, in itself is not unusual. The unusual part is they duplicated some serial numbers. There are dollar bills out there circulating with the same exact serial number as another dollar bill! The only difference is one bill has an indicator showing it was printed in Fort Worth, while the DC note does not. When the government does it it's legal, when WE do it it's called counterfeiting... LOL.

The PROJECT (prior and NEW)

In an attempt to help currency collectors find a matching pair of notes, Mr. Ed Zegers of Maryland and Mr. Karol Winograd of Florida started a project (known as the Zegers/Winograd project) of recording all the serial numbers submitted to them by fellow collectors. To date, there have been 9 matching pairs confirmed. The Zegers/Winograd project *ceased* maintaining the list in September 2021, but I have stepped in and carried on where they left off. For lack of a better name, I called it "Project 2013B". https://project2013b.blogspot.com/2021/10/welcome.html

Let's get matched!

Please let fellow collectors know that the Zegers/Winograd project lives on under Project 2013B. There have been reports of collectors spending their 2013B star notes after hearing that Zegers/Winograd had stopped updating their list (which would make the task of finding and bringing together a matched pair nearly impossible). A matched pair could be worth an estimated $15,000! The new 'Project 2013B' website has an online form that allows you to submit the serial numbers of any 2013B star notes that you might have that are not on this list, or ones you discover in the future. When a match is found in the database, the two owners will be contacted, and they can then decide if they want to get the notes together to be auctioned off. It's worth at shot at $15,000!

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Project 2013B Short Link: https://bit.ly/2WykgQB

[Alex in PA.]

Why wouldn't you post this on the PMG Forum for paper currency?    Paper Money Grading - Paper Money Guaranty | PMG (pmgnotes.com)

 

[Project2013B]

Maybe because I have seen posts about bank notes, and people that collect coins often collect banknotes too?

 

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 6/3/2022 at 11:39 AM, Alex in PA. said:

Why wouldn't you post this on the PMG Forum for paper currency?

They are probably looking for a match to one or more of these notes in their possession. It's a well known error and if more matches are found the prices will probably start to decline, last pair I saw auctioned went for a little over 7k in 2021, unless they are condition rarities or have fancy serial numbers. Regardless I'm glad to see this live on, no matter what the motivation might be.

[Alex in PA.]

Okay Mike.  BTW:  I collect paper currency; mainly Silver Certificates:  $1, $2, $5 1886 to 1957. + Confederate, Texas.  

[Alex in PA.]

I know it may seem biased but..........The PMG site is really good.  All my currency is graded by PMG.  PMG of years ago too.

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 6/3/2022 at 6:02 PM, Alex in PA. said:

The PMG site is really good.

It is, it's just like here just green. 

That it is an entirely separate site hurts traffic and participation, I think, if there was a link to it here, and vice versa, it would probably help. You know, like almost every other numismatic chat board does.  Probably too late for that place, everyone scattered to the wind long ago. Although I have noticed a little more participation over there in recent weeks it's typically short lived. 

[Alex in PA.]

On 6/3/2022 at 6:31 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Probably too late for that place, everyone scattered to the wind long ago. Although I have noticed a little more participation over there in recent weeks it's typically short lived. 

Kind of what happened here after the War of the Words.  The main. NGCCoin.com site has all the NGC owned links at the bottom of the log in page.

BTW:  Our old friend SlickCoins posted his 1793 counterfeit ATS.  His post drew 90 comments!  I do believe a star is born.

Edited June 3, 2022 by Alex in PA.