# Are replacement (star) bills worth anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 23, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-replacement-star-bills-worth-anything/361809 "2006-06-23T01:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yourfutureCEO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bcef8e/32.png) [@yourfutureCEO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yourfutureCEO)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-replacement-star-bills-worth-anything/361809/1 "2006-06-23T01:32:56Z")
I work at a convenience store that handles alot of money, and my manager is CONVINCED that bills with a star for the last serial number are worth at least 2x the face value. I looked around for information on these bills and it turns out that they are issued when a bill has been damaged during the printing process so they are rare, something like 1 in 100,000. Are they worth anything though? My manager thinks she’s going to retire off the amount of these things she has stockpiled. I have a feeling they aren’t worth anything but I don’t have the heart to break it to her. Whats the deal? ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-replacement-star-bills-worth-anything/361809/2 "2006-06-23T01:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > In general, replacement notes aren’t worth more than regular bills. However, if you find a replacement note with a particularly interesting serial number – like 00000001 or 999999999 – or a large number of consecutively numbered replacement notes that you keep together as a lot, you may have a collector’s item on your hands. > **[Why Do Some U.S. Bills Have a Star at the End of the Serial Number?](https://money.howstuffworks.com/why-do-some-us-bills-have-a-star-instead-of-a-letter-at-the-end-of-the-serial-number.htm)** > > Most U.S. currency contains a serial number that ends with a letter, but some end or begin with a star instead. What does the letter stand for? What is the significance of the star? ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-replacement-star-bills-worth-anything/361809/3 "2006-06-23T03:28:13Z")
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing [sells](http://www.moneyfactory.gov/store/section.cfm/364) notes with “lucky” serial numbers, as well as some [“Lone Star Notes”](http://www.moneyfactory.gov/store/section.cfm/73/1613) (printed in Fort Worth for the Dallas federal reserve bank, with a star on the end) so there’s apparently some sort of market, at least for uncirculated ones. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-replacement-star-bills-worth-anything/361809/4 "2006-06-24T16:51:00Z")
We buy and pay a premium for star notes dated 1928, 1934, 1935. Once you hit 1950 and later, they pretty much need to be in mint condition. And stuff from the 1990’s and later, we don’t tend to buy at all. That’s not to say that you can’t find someone who will pay you something. ---
**Author:** ![carobent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@carobent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carobent)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-replacement-star-bills-worth-anything/361809/5 "2010-06-07T15:28:44Z")
I have 23 $20 dollar bills that are stars in consecutive order. IK02189005\* thru IK02189026\* year 2006 Are they worth anything to anyone? I just entered them on Where’s George but if they arent worth any extra I plan on spending them. Thank you 🙂