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| All-points bulletin by the Po-Po circa 1987 |
As a more thorough approach of getting in contact with note holders, I will now periodically post ALL of the current potential matching pairs that are in my queue. Emphasis on potential, as there are cases where 1 or more note holders have not responded in months (if ever), or as in one case literally lost their bill. If you see your user ID or serial number in the following table, please contact me here: CONTACT
The following table can also be found in the online database (spreadsheet) under the worksheet tab labelled Matchmaking.
The following table can also be found in the online database (spreadsheet) under the worksheet tab labelled Matchmaking.
One of my contacts lamented that the possible rarity of a matched pair will diminish as more matches are made. I disagree. Even with a website, and a driven individual running it, a match discovered in the database is no assurance that the pair of bills will ever come together. A bill can be lost, an email address could be dead, or in some cases, I have united the two bill holders only for them to reach a stalemate in which the price one of the parties was willing to sell for was too high. Time is also on our side....
According to the Federal Reserve, the average lifespan of a dollar bill is 6.6 years.
When currency is deposited with a Federal Reserve Bank, the quality of each note is evaluated by sophisticated processing equipment. Notes that meet our strict quality criteria--that is, that are still in good condition--continue to circulate, while those that do not are taken out of circulation and destroyed. This process determines the lifespan of a Federal Reserve note.
The last of the series 2013B star notes were printed as late as 2016, so you could argue that roughly half have already been destroyed.
Useful Links
Serial Number Submission Form: https://project2013b.blogspot.com/p/submit.html
Project 2013B Database: https://project2013b.blogspot.com/p/2013bdatabase.html
My store (currency themed items): https://rdbl.co/3Ms0Jp8
My store (general themed items): https://1zin.short.gy/2013store
