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Title: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on January 07, 2013, 10:34:00 pm
And now that the NHL parties have settled and the games will resume here is a two-starred hockey blade on the stick of our coveted $5 journey note (This is rather common if you look for it but it only happens in certain prefixes)

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Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: ShareBear on January 08, 2013, 07:31:05 pm
That is the first time that I have seen that there is a difference in the hockey stick.  Do you know which prefixes have this difference.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on January 09, 2013, 03:20:25 am
Do you know which prefixes have this difference.

I have been monitoring the $5 journey prefixes. I have now gone through over a 2000 notes but only recorded about a 1000 (not including sequential notes i.e. from bundles) and there is a pattern emerging. It mostly happens with HP_ prefix. However within HP_ there are certain prefixes where it is not happening and there are certain prefixes where it seems to be happening most of the times and there are many prefixes where it happens for some numbers and not for others.

With a naked eye you can visually make this out very easily as two white spots. The colour on the upper part of the stick is always sparse when you have these white spots.

If there is interest in this forum I would be happy to provide details of my findings. If one goes by the culture in coin collection this would very likely be considered a variety as its occurence is almost predictable i.e. there is a pattern to this.

Of course 1000 notes does not make the population but assuming that these notes were randomly collected (which they are because they are all circulated notes)  and have a good representation of variety of current and almost current prefixes then 1000 notes may provide some statistical basis to make a prediction with a sense of certainty.


Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: tmort on January 09, 2013, 10:44:00 pm
Yes, let's see your findings please.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on January 10, 2013, 09:16:51 pm
Yes, let's see your findings please.

I will put them in some order and post them here shortly.

Thx
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on February 04, 2013, 11:53:50 pm
And now that the NHL parties have settled and the games will resume here is a two-starred hockey blade on the stick of our coveted $5 journey note (This is rather common if you look for it but it only happens in certain prefixes)

{http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/5125/stickstar2m.jpg:http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/5125/stickstar2m.th.jpg}

A while ago I put this image up with the blade of the hockey stick showing two stars. I have been cataloging a lot of 5's to see if there is a pattern. So far I have noticed it only in the HP_ prefixes.

If anyone has HPA, HPV and HPZ can I request you to kindly check your notes and see if you can spot the two dots on the stick. Under the magnifier you should see those dots clearly as starburst pattern as seen in the image in the original post. The dots are very distinct and happen despite the variation in colour in the stick. They happen in sticks that are dark blue and they happen in sticks that are light blue. They can also happen in sticks that exhibit a slight whitish pattern at the outer edge of the blade.

It would seem that the dots are a result of  missing ink at these spots. The blades seem to be printed with a flower like pattern. When the cetre of the flower does not get printed we get the starburst effect.

The question is why always at those two spots (actually there are two other spots where the ink is left out everytime it is left out at the blade - which I am still investigating) and why in such a consistent manner. If anyone has a printing background and can provide an explanation that would be most helpful. I believe the back of the note is all lithograph except for the bars and the numbers.

If you have HPA, HPV and HPZ which have the two dots I would appreciate if you can post the Serial number and the plate numbers if you have them.

Thank you

Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: walktothewater on February 08, 2013, 02:36:39 pm
Yes- HPF have it (see below).  Fortunately I got a few regular HPF notes which have several poorly printed prefixes & first 2 eights of their serial numbers. 

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Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: walktothewater on February 08, 2013, 02:49:44 pm
Here the "stars" are even more dramatic on the HPF insert HPF9817650.  You can easily see the dots with the naked eye (compared to the HPF8864090 posted previously)

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Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: walktothewater on February 08, 2013, 03:13:38 pm
Not seen in any HPA (81223372,8617733,9673572,9878609), HPT0001690, or 2011HAF8660033

Not visible in HPS below:
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Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Weeles on February 08, 2013, 03:49:28 pm
Hey,

 Never noticed them marks before, just checked the $5's I have on hand and those mark are on the HPK,HPJ,HPG.  Now here is an interesting one I have 2 HPD notes, HPD 7321225 has those marks BUT HPD 4843103 doesn't. Wow does that mean I have a VERY RARE journey $5 with the OHL hockey stick. LOLOLOLOL

 Wayne.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on February 08, 2013, 09:44:57 pm
Here the "stars" are even more dramatic on the HPF insert HPF9817650.  You can easily see the dots with the naked eye (compared to the HPF8864090 posted previously)

{http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8320/hpf9817650.jpg:http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8320/hpf9817650.th.jpg}

Thank you I have made a note of it. Do you have an HPF without stars?
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on February 08, 2013, 10:05:33 pm
Wow does that mean I have a VERY RARE journey $5 with the OHL hockey stick. LOLOLOLOL

 Wayne.

A pattern is emerging in my research and stars although common on some prefixes may indeed be uncommon on some other prefixes. I have been cataloging this artifact and have looked at over a 1000 notes. I have narrowed it down to HP? prefix. I have so far not seen it in HA? prefix and none of the A?? prefix.

I guess ultimately the value depends on what people are willing to pay and from what I understand it does not excite people. So hang on to your day job. ;)
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on February 08, 2013, 10:08:21 pm
just checked the $5's I have on hand and those mark are on the HPK,HPJ,HPG. 

 Wayne.
Are you able to PM me with the serial numbers of the HPK, HPJ and HPG that have the marks.

Thank you
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: cownick on February 16, 2013, 11:05:52 am
   I only collect $5 mainly so I looked through many of them.
The only one I could find with the star  stick is HPP 3434331 49/35.
Good luck in your search.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on February 16, 2013, 11:59:10 am
   I only collect $5 mainly so I looked through many of them.
The only one I could find with the star  stick is HPP 3434331 49/35.
Good luck in your search.

Darn you missed a radar and a repeater by 12 notes or maybe you got lucky and got a bunch of continuous notes :(

Thank you so much taking the time to look and sharing the information.

If I may ask you to check one other thing.

In terms of the $5 notes without stars would you be able to verify which ones in your collection beginning with prefix HP do not have stars. In other words can I assume that you have for example HPA, HPB all the way to HPZ and all of them do not have stars other then HPP 3434331.

thx

Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Wizard1 on February 16, 2013, 05:23:34 pm
HPF 8748478  YES
HPF 8845488  YES
HPB 9756955  NO
HPW 9570759 NO
HPW 8995998 NO
HPW 8795978 NO

I will check the other block of $5 notes that I have (NO... I do NOT store them at home)
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: cownick on February 17, 2013, 11:06:10 am
I sure wish you found this a year ago but I found another book.
HPP 3399097, 3495087 yes
HPR 5699626 yes
HPS 0605334 yes
HPV 9334312 no
cheers.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: walktothewater on February 17, 2013, 11:56:57 am
Quote
HPP 3399097, 3495087 yes
HPR 5699626 yes

Don't see them on HPR 2185397,98,99 or HPR 2209202
Quote
HPS 0605334 yes
(and not seen on the HPS I posted an image of earlier)
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Wizard1 on February 17, 2013, 03:02:17 pm
HPB 9816954-55 NO
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Weeles on February 17, 2013, 03:45:15 pm
AAR 5897731 yes. FPN 78 BPN 58
HAE 5626230 no, FPN 15 BPN 37
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on February 17, 2013, 10:45:21 pm
(NO... I do NOT store them at home)

thx a bunch - no rush :)
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: rocken on February 17, 2013, 11:43:53 pm
HPT 2445803 yes
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on April 16, 2013, 11:54:40 pm
Thank you to all those who have shared the information about the condition of the hockey stick on the $5 journey notes. To date I have gone through over 2,500 notes (not including those that are continuous) and thought I would share some preliminary findings:

There have been no stars on the notes whose prefix do  not belong in the HPA to HPZ range.

Within the above I have had very little (almost none) sample of the new HAE to HAL notes. I have had a reasonable sample of HAA to old HAE notes but even there the sample size as a percentage of total notes reviewed is low to be definitive. However I do feel that any star note in the HAA to old HAE prefix might be a rare sight.

Within the above I have had high samples of the notes produced by BABN and I am ready to conclude with high level of certainty that notes with those prefix will not display a star - It should be noted that the star is considered a distinct artifact and it is not simple a result of different shade of ink. In other words all notes display variation in colour intensity and contrast and even within that the existence of star is unique i.e. there are dark blades with star and light blades with star etc.

So finally narrowing down to HPA to HPZ. I have seen each and every prefix and generally the percentage of each prefix I have seen in my sample seems to correspond to the percentage of each prefix reported in the SNDB as a total of all reported within that range. Within each prefix I have seen a range of serial numbers from the 1.00  and below to 9.00 and above. There are some exceptions.

The following seem to stand out:

There are no stars in the HPA, HPV and HPZ prefix. Since a large volume of these prefixes are out in circulation and I have seen a range of them I would be very surprised to see stars in these prefixes. If someone has them and would like to report them I would love to see the images.

Within the other prefixes of the HPA-HPZ there are notes in certain serial number ranges that distinctly have stars and others where there are distinctly no stars. I am still trying to figure out a pattern to this.

Some other observations to be noted:

In sequentially numbered notes all of the times the same conditions exists i.e. if one note had stars others had them too and vice-versa. I have seen sequences as long as 75 consecutive notes.

Also stars are not limited by position numbers. I have seen them with all position numbers.

What does this all mean? For me I am still curious to find out the cause for the stars. My research indicates that it is highly unlikely that the existence of stars is a result of variations in ink intensity. It has to do with the printing process. I think it has the potential to demonstrate that not all notes may have been produced in a logical sequence of their prefix-serial number combination.

Is it possible that HPA, HPV and HPZ were produced at one time? Would that matter? I think only time will tell.

I am still continuing with this just for my own curiosity and I am learning a lot about notes, the finer details about registration and I am also getting a good insight into the circulation of notes in my region.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: venga50 on May 01, 2013, 04:09:39 pm
Just noticed those stars on one of my fivers and it reminded me of your research, so here goes:

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HPM8858058, FP 51 BP 32

I guess it still remains a mystery to all of us as to why we have this variation on the hockey sticks.  :-[
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on May 03, 2013, 06:39:43 pm

I guess it still remains a mystery to all of us as to why we have this variation on the hockey sticks.  :-[

Thank you for the information. Indeed it is a mystery. I am still looking for stars in HPA, HPV and HPZ.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: La Loutre on June 07, 2013, 09:44:58 pm
Thank you for sharing your researches, Rupiah!
I was not aware of that variety of 5$.

I found one of these 5$ "All star hockey stick" today.

#HPM 5587832   FPN 44  BPN 34
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Lamb on June 07, 2013, 11:44:24 pm
hi, Rupiah
i don't know this is good  news or not.   i have a stack (40ish) of unc or au of $5 with me (i got them this morning)  most of them are HPY around 2.5 to 2.6 M and  HPK 4.7 to 4.8 m.  all of their sticks have stars!   seeing that, i don't think of checking further.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on June 09, 2013, 07:19:11 pm
hi, Rupiah
most of them are HPY around 2.5 to 2.6 M and  HPK 4.7 to 4.8 m.  all of their sticks have stars!   seeing that, i don't think of checking further.


The range is huge 100,000 in each case but based on my data all notes in that range would be expected to have stars.

I have reached a point in my research where I can predict with 75% accuracy whether a certain note in the HP? prefix will have a star or not based on its prefix and serial number. My accuracy increases to 85% if I am able to see the back of the note but with the stick covered.

The star effect happens because of missing ink in some microprinting pattern that is used in the back of the note. The fact that the ink is missed in precisely the same location in almost a predictable fashion is intriguing. I have no answer to explain the reason for it although one can assume that it is related to some aspect of printing.

Finally in research all facts are good news. I am not hung up on any theory one way or the other but I have gotten a kick out of doing this and in the process I have learnt a lot of intricate details about the design of our notes.

So thank you
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on June 09, 2013, 08:18:47 pm

I found one of these 5$ "All star hockey stick" today.

#HPM 5587832   FPN 44  BPN 34

Thx for sharing the information.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on June 19, 2013, 09:58:16 pm
I am still looking for a "starred" note in the following prefix:

HPA
HPT
HPV
HPZ
HAA
HAB
HAC
HAD
HAE (2010)

If you have seen them please let me know. I hope I do not have to offer a reward for these  ;)

Thx
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: goldsilverguy on June 26, 2013, 04:53:29 pm
HPB 1896015 NO
HPC 0906089 NO
HPC 2937829 YES (Very Faint)
HPC 3113889 YES (Distinct)
HPC 6509543 YES
HPU 4228829 NO
HPZ 1245283 NO
HPZ 1402127 NO
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on June 26, 2013, 10:59:48 pm
HPB 1896015 NO --------------
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Thank you. This is helpful.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rag Picker on July 13, 2013, 03:03:52 am
HPH 3855227  - very clear
HPR 3229992  - very faint but still there not quite stars
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: JohnnyG5 on July 21, 2013, 08:24:39 pm
I went through a bunch of fives that were scheduled to be added to the collection, and here's my data:

HAD6668422 bp:34 - Not there
HAD4331672 bp:31 - begins to show
HPB7802283 bp:39, HPB4177850 bp:32, HPE2280050 bp: 13, HPG0941685 bp: 32, HPG0941586 bp: 32, HPG0941687 bp:32, HPG0941688 bp: 32, HPW2001579 bp:30 - visible.

Hope this helps

John
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: JohnnyG5 on July 23, 2013, 06:53:50 am
I've got a little more data for you.

HPF0896865 bp:24, HPM7489137, bp: 12, HPR1461680, bp: 28, all very clear.

John
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on July 24, 2013, 12:13:52 am
I've got a little more data for you.

HPF0896865 bp:24, HPM7489137, bp: 12, HPR1461680, bp: 28, all very clear.

John

Thx John. Most helpful.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on July 24, 2013, 12:32:10 am


HAD4331672 bp:31 - begins to show


This is very very interesting. May I ask if possible that you could scan the image at the stars for this note.

I have been developing a plausible theory for the occurrence of stars and this could be very valuable because I have run into notes in the vicinity of this serial number for HAD with stars. So far I have catalogued many HAD's from low 35000 to 9900000+ serial numbers in HAD and it seems that it is the range in the 4300000 range that show the stars.

Thx
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: tmort on July 24, 2013, 01:10:50 am
I see the Star-sticks made the Charlton guide!
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on July 24, 2013, 01:41:14 am
HPH 3855227  - very clear
HPR 3229992  - very faint but still there not quite stars

Thx for discerning them as clear and faint. Halfway through my research I began to realize the difference and have been cataloging as such. I am glad to see that someone independent has also seen that.

As I have mentioned earlier in this situation there is a difference between the intensity of the ink and places where the ink is missing.

More on it later.

Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: JohnnyG5 on July 24, 2013, 07:08:46 am
Sure, I'll scan it and post it.

John
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: JohnnyG5 on July 24, 2013, 10:51:08 pm
Hi:

I scanned the note, but all the scanning software does is zoomed and not zoomed. And it's 819K. Do you still want it? If so, do you have an email address that I can send it to?

John
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on August 01, 2013, 12:11:42 am
I sent you a PM.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on August 01, 2013, 12:28:42 am
I see the Star-sticks made the Charlton guide!

Interesting 8)

I do not have the catalogue yet but are you able to share the jist of the catalogues content?

There is precedence in the catalogue (like the hidden plate numbers) to cover items that may be a result of print registration issues.

Through this whole process I have developed an interest in subtle changes that are created in notes due to some very small changes in the print registration. Hopefully I will compile and share it at some stage.

But I hope that eager sellers do not abuse the information about the star sticks..

So far if you had a note in the the following HP- prefixes with a clear star then I would consider that you have something that is not common:

HPA
HPV
HPZ

The same would apply to any non HP- prefixes (although the sample size for 2011 HA- prefixes precludes any definitive conclusion)

In all other prefixes one can find star sticks although some are more frequent than others (e.g. HPY, HPW less frequent, HPD more frequent) So much so that in some prefixes finding a non-star stick is an aberration. :)

I have not had much time lately but will get to compiling this information in a more organized manner especially if there is more interest after the Charlton inclusion.


Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: tmort on August 04, 2013, 06:59:22 pm
Here is the notation in the guide....
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: tmort on August 04, 2013, 07:01:35 pm
Oops....the picture didn't upload even though it shows up in the preview....
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: ShareBear on August 08, 2013, 08:21:05 pm
Back in on August 3, 2011 I posted scans about this variety.  I noticed that the  "The 2 smaller hockey players and the lady skating with her child are both missing some colour on their sweater and pants. "

What I did not notice was the missing ink on the hockey stick.

Nice to know that it is being recognized as such  :)

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=12273.0
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on August 08, 2013, 11:35:43 pm
Back in on August 3, 2011 I posted scans about this variety.  I noticed that the  "The 2 smaller hockey players and the lady skating with her child are both missing some colour on their sweater and pants. "

What I did not notice was the missing ink on the hockey stick.

Nice to know that it is being recognized as such  :)

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=12273.0

Hi ShareBear,

When I started this topic I did not see your thread. Also I was not a member of the forum until fall 2012. However what you have in your topic and the stars are actually related to some extent.

My initial post was going to be:

"Starred Stick and Rosy Cheek"

There is a strong correlationship between the whiteness of the cheek of child with an adult and the occurrence of the white areas in the hockey stick. Similar thing can be said about what you referred to as the "lack of colour" on the jacket of the child besides the adult.

In your post mention was made of the lack of colour in the jackets and the pants of other people. To some extent it is true but what makes the: stick, the cheek, the jacket of the child besides the adult unique is that it is missing ink as opposed to having lighter ink.

I will explain this in another post with images some other time.

Needless to say you had alluded to the same thing that this thread is talking about. What has happened is that I have been cataloging every $5 that passes through my hands and cataloging this condition. Many forum members have been kind enough to send me details on their notes as well.

As I have mentioned earlier I have reached a point where if you give me the prefix and serial number I can actually tell you with 85% certainty if it has stars or not on the stick. What I am really saying here is that there is a predictability to this pattern and that in itself suggests that there is something underlying to this thing.

I am currently working on two possible theories. In both the theories I am saying that the ink that is missed in those areas is caused because the corresponding areas on the plates have become ink resistance (remember this is offset lithography).

More on this later.

But thank you for pointing to the earlier thread. I was going crazy at the beginning thinking I was the only person seeing this. It is good to see that you were thinking about it as well.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on August 13, 2013, 09:21:35 pm
Back in on August 3, 2011 I posted scans about this variety.  I noticed that the  "The 2 smaller hockey players and the lady skating with her child are both missing some colour on their sweater and pants. "

What I did not notice was the missing ink on the hockey stick.

Nice to know that it is being recognized as such  :)

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=12273.0

Hey Sharebear the image from your post is picked up by this blogger:

http://allbanknotes.blogspot.ca/2013/08/canada-5-dollar-double-star-hockey.html (http://allbanknotes.blogspot.ca/2013/08/canada-5-dollar-double-star-hockey.html)

Nice title - double star hockey stick error notes.

The question I still have not answered is are these error notes or variety. Perhaps someone else is looking at this and figured it out? ::)

Can anyone indicate if Charlton classifies this as an error? or is this blogger just interpreting it as such based on the subject under which this discussion is posted?
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: BWJM on August 14, 2013, 12:17:50 am
The comments contained in the Charlton GPM26 catalogue on page 335 are in my opinion very clear.

The stars are not assigned a separate listing in the catalogue, so they are too minor to be considered a variety, and they are also too minor to have been caught by quality control, so they are not an error.

In essence, it's nothing special, but those who wish to collect them may certainly do so.

I trust that this puts the issue to rest.
Title: Re: All Star Hockey Stick on $5 - In Celebration of NHL settlement
Post by: Rupiah on August 17, 2013, 09:13:45 pm

In essence, it's nothing special, but those who wish to collect them may certainly do so.


That's great. Thx for the info.


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For those that are interested in this topic I am still maintaining a registry of all reported notes with stars. I have significant numbers in my database for many of the prefixes that suggest some pattern. If you want to participate in it kindly PM me any notes you may have with stars with all the HP- and HA- prefixes.

This way for those who are not interested it does not clog up their reading queue. I will keep all those who have submitted notes to the registry and will do so in the future abreast of my findings. Please PM me if you like me to keep me on the list of those interested.

Thx