2013 'b' star notes with duplicated serial numbers ends Feb 9 8pm PST

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   Rare 2013 'B' Duplicated Serial Number Star Note MATCHED PAIR.  Auction ends February 9 at 8pm Pacific time (after the Super Bowl).

https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1729476/Fr-3001-B226-152--amp-3002-B226-152--2013-1-New-York-Federal-Reserve-Error-Star-Note-Pair-With-Duplicate-Serial-Numbers-Rios-Lew-PCGS-Banknote-Very-Fine-25-2-Notes

I understand the appeal for collectors, but is that really a production error? One was printed in Washington DC, and the other at the Fort Worth plant. With star notes missing one letter, it makes sense that there could be duplicate serials.

I understand the appeal for collectors, but is that really a production error? One was printed in Washington DC, and the other at the Fort Worth plant. With star notes missing one letter, it makes sense that there could be duplicate serials.

This is recognized as a printing error by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in which a range of serial numbers that were printed on $1 banknotes at their Washington DC facility, were accidently printed again at their Fort Worth, TX facility.

Normally, every $1 bill of a given series (year) will have its own unique serial number, but this was not the case in the print runs of these 'New York' (B seal) Federal Reserve Notes. The main difference between the two bills is a tiny indicator showing if it was printed in Fort Worth or in Washington DC. 

This duplicated print run only applies to series 2013 bills with the serial numbers in the ranges of  B00000001* to B00250000* and  B03200001* to B09600000* 

Finding two of these identically serialized replacement notes is quite a feat when you consider the number of $1 notes printed each year in the US across all its districts.

Two resourceful persons in the US started a database project called Project 2013B to track serial numbers of this error and help match collectors with duplicate serial numbers.

Three pairs of these duplicate notes have sold at Heritage Auction in the US:

May 5th, 2023 for USD $6,600.00
https://currency.ha.com/itm/error-notes/miscellaneous-errors/production-error-duplicated-serial-numbers-fr-3001-b-3002-b-1-2013-federal-reserve-notes-pmg-very-fine-25-extremely-fine-40/a/3592-20934.s?lotPosition=-48&ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-ArchiveSearchResults-012417

January 12th, 2024 for USD $3,600.00
https://currency.ha.com/itm/error-notes/miscellaneous-errors/production-error-duplicate-serial-numbers-fr-3001-b-3002-b-1-2013-federal-reserve-notes-pmg-gem-uncirculated-66-epq-pmg-very-fine/a/3594-21452.s?lotPosition=-46&ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-ArchiveSearchResults-012417

September 12th, 2024 for USD $5,040.00
https://currency.ha.com/itm/error-notes/miscellaneous-errors/production-error-with-duplicate-serial-numbers-fr-3001-b-3002-b-1-2013-federal-reserve-notes-pcgs-banknote-about-unc-50-very-fine/a/3596-20927.s?lotPosition=1&ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ArchiveSearchResults-012417

Arthur, do you know anything about 1957 Silver Certificates with duplicate serials?  More specifically, was there any overlap in the serial numbers between 1957 and 1957B?  I don't know much about the numbering of American notes but I thought that the numbers only reset between major series changes (like 1935 to 1957) but not between 1957 and 1957A or 1957B.  However, I might be mistaken about this.

Thanks canada-banknotes, I did not know that duplicate range existed.

Arthur, do you know anything about 1957 Silver Certificates with duplicate serials?  More specifically, was there any overlap in the serial numbers between 1957 and 1957B?  I don't know much about the numbering of American notes but I thought that the numbers only reset between major series changes (like 1935 to 1957) but not between 1957 and 1957A or 1957B.  However, I might be mistaken about this.

Sorry, I have not seen or heard of duplicate serial numbered notes for the 1957 Silver Certificates.  A very large number of these notes were printed (in the billions) and I am not familiar with the exact numbering system they used.

Here’s a breakdown on how many 1957 $1 Silver Certificates bills were printed by type and signatures:

1957 Priest / Anderson — 2,609,600,000 (that’s over 2.6 billion)
1957* (Star Note / Replacement Note) Priest / Anderson — 302,400,000
1957-A Smith / Dillon –1,594,080,000 (more than 1.59 billion)
1957-A* (Star Note / Replacement Note) Smith / Dillon — 92,320,000
1957-B Granahan / Dillon — 718,400,000
1957-B* (Star Note / Replacement Note) Granahan / Dillon — 48,000,000

The only production/printing errors that I have seen on the 1957 $1 Silver Certificates are:

Inverted Serial Number
Offset Printing
Mismatched Serial Number
Stuck Digit Error
Cutting Error

Thanks for the info, Arthur.  The reason I was asking is that I came across a 1957 notes and a 1957B note with the exact same serial number.  At first I thought it was a mistake that I made when recording the numbers but when I was looking through my box I saw both notes side-by-side which I had apparently bought on two separate occasions without even realizing.  Unfortunately, they are in my safe deposit box in the US so I can't get a picture right now.

The notes in question are from the X/A block which which would be a little high too if 1957-B started at A/A with 100,000,000 per block but that also doesn't rule out the possibility of an overlap.  Perhaps the quantities you've posted can be compared to known ranges to figure out if an overlap is necessary to account for the known qtys.