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1935-A $1 Silver Certificates split block printing; Blue Seal, Experimental, Hawaii, North Africa

synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 6, 2021 10:47PM in U.S. & World Currency Forum

The 1935-A $1 Silver Certificate printing is especially interesting because at times the BEP halted printing the standard blue seals and transitioned to others such as Experimentals, Hawaii brown seals and North African yellow seal notes.
A fun challenge is to try and collect them all!

The S-C block was printed with quite a few varieties, specifically these ranges
S00000001C - S39996000C Blue Seal
S39996001C - S54996000C Hawaii brown Seal
S54996001C - S70884000C Blue Seal
S70884001C - S72068000C Experimental Red R
S72068001C - S73884000C Blue Seal
S73884001C - S75068000C Experimental Red S
S75068001C - S99999999C Blue Seal

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  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 3, 2021 7:08AM

    The Y-B block was printed with 4 varieties, specifically these ranges:

    Y00000001B – Y00720000B Experimental Blue Seal, control 50 percent linen / 50 percent cotton
    Y00720001B - Y68680000B Blue Seal
    Y68680001B - Y71628000B Hawaii brown Seal
    Y71628001B - Y99999999B Blue Seal

  • Steve_in_TampaSteve_in_Tampa Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent @synchr , thanks for sharing.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,411 ✭✭✭✭✭

    way cool experimental note. thats the only the second one ive seen. im happy to see good grades on them

  • Serial_no_8Serial_no_8 Posts: 418 ✭✭✭

    Very nice (both sets). I can see the appeal of the Hawaiian, S & R experimental notes.

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 4, 2021 4:23PM

    The A-C block was printed with 2 varieties, specifically these ranges:

    A00000001C - A99000000C Blue Seal
    A99000001C - A99999999C Hawaii Brown Seal

  • Steve_in_TampaSteve_in_Tampa Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if any astute collectors have a matched pair of serial numbers on the 1935A $1 SC A-C block...now that would be cool.

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭

    Next, the B-C block was printed with even more varieties, specifically these ranges:

    B00000001C - B30000000C Blue Seal
    B30000001C - B31000000C North Africa Yellow Seal
    B31000001C - B51624000C Blue Seal
    B51624001C - B52624000C North Africa Yellow Seal
    B52624001C - B99000000C Blue Seal
    B99000001C - B99999999C North Africa Yellow Seal

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 6, 2021 8:39AM

    The C-C block was printed with these varieties and ranges:

    C00000001C - C07000000C Hawaii Brown Seal
    C07000001C - C60000000C Blue Seal
    C60000001C - C62000000C North Africa Yellow Seal
    C62000001C - C78000000C Blue Seal
    C78000001C - C79904000C North Africa Yellow Seal
    C79904001C - C99999999C Blue Seal

  • Steve_in_TampaSteve_in_Tampa Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Simply incredible @synchr. It’s really cool seeing all of them together like that. Thanks for sharing.

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2021 8:39PM

    The F-C block was printed with these varieties and ranges:

    F00000001C - F41952000C Blue Seal
    F41952001C - F41964000C North Africa Yellow Seal
    F41964001C - F41976000C Hawaii Brown Seal
    F41976001C - F99999999C Blue Seal

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2021 8:38PM

    The I-C block was printed with these varieties and ranges:

    I00000001C - I30000000C Blue Seal
    I30000001C - I40000000C North Africa Yellow Seal
    I40000001C - I99999999C Blue Seal

  • Steve_in_TampaSteve_in_Tampa Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Serial_no_8 said:
    Amazing sets!

    100% agree. It’s one thing to se the serial number data in the guides, but it’s amazing to actually see the notes progressing through the ranges in real life.

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 14, 2021 8:13PM

    The L-C block was printed with these varieties and ranges:

    L00000001C - L75996000C Blue Seal
    L75996001C - L78996000C Hawaii Brown Seal
    L78996001C - L99999999C Blue Seal

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 20, 2021 9:14AM

    The P-C block was printed with these varieties and ranges:

    P00000001C - P31992000C Blue Seal
    P31992001C - P37032000C Hawaii Brown Seal
    P37032001C - P99999999C Blue Seal

  • synchrsynchr Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭✭

    The R-C block was printed strictly for Blue seals and North African Yellow Seals in these ranges:

    R00000001C - R90000000C Blue Seal
    R90000001C - R99999999C North African Yellow Seal

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