Rejected Serial Number?

Avoid disappointment with these submission tips

Rejected Serial Number?  Reasons why:

Everyday, dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of serial numbers are submitted to Project 2013B.  Out of these serial numbers, there are always anywhere from a few percent to 30% of the numbers have to be rejected for not being valid serial numbers as it pertains to this specific production error banknote. Here are the various reasons why serial numbers end up rejected and not included in the Project 2013B database.

1) It could be that your serial number is outside the range of the set of serial number runs that were duplicated by the Fort Worth and DC printing facilities.
For your note to be one of the duplicated serial number notes the serial number MUST fit in one of these two ranges:

B00000001* to B00250000*
or...
B03200001* to B09600000*

2) There could be a typo. Re-check the serial number and other info you provided. Sometimes the serial numbers submitted have too many (or too few) digits.

3) The serial number you entered was not for a $1 Bill. The duplicated serial number error does not apply to $2, $5, $10, $20 notes or any other non $1 notes.

4) If the message is "Already in main database!" then that bill already exists in the database under YOUR email address. You might of re-submitted information to correct something like the faceplate or backplate number, but the change was determined too small by the system. (E.g. changing a typo from Fwe105 to FWJ105 is not significant as both indicate it is a Fort Worth bill)

5) Invalid faceplate or backplate number. This is usually due to one of the reasons above.
Your bill MUST be a $1 Bill, series 2013, have a B seal, and in the serial number range specified above. It also must be a STAR note meaning there needs to be a star at the end of the serial number. See the graphic below.

6) Look to the right of the last digit in the serial number of the bill. There MUST be a star there, not a letter.

7) The letter that is at the start of the serial number MUST be a B. The letter B must also be in the middle of the round seal to the left of George Washington.

8) It might not actually be rejected. If you check the webpage https://bit.ly/checksubmission and your submission is not in that list, it does not necessarily mean your number was rejected.  There are times the list of recent submissions was last updated BEFORE you submitted your number (in which case wait a day or two for the next update).  Another reason is your submission was over 3 weeks ago; the status list goes back about 21 days to keep the list a reasonable size.  If your submission was over 3 weeks ago, you can request a report which will list all the serial numbers that you submitted to the project database (and more importantly were accepted). That request form is located here: https://project2013b.blogspot.com/p/request-your-serial-numbers-report.html

How to check your submission status:

To check whether your submitted serial numbers were accepted into the database, please refer to the table located at https://bit.ly/checksubmission

That table goes back 3 weeks, but before you check the table for your serial number, be sure to check the date and time the table was last updated (the very top row of the scrollable table) is AFTER the date and time you submitted your serial number(s). The table can sometimes lag your submission date by a day or two.

IF you want a report showing ALL of the serial numbers you have submitted to Project 2013B, please visit the link  Get Report