Complete Catalog of US Large-Size Star Notes: 1910 - 1929

It was in 1985 that the noted numismatic researcher Douglas D. Murray revolutionized the then little-understood subject of star notes and Large Size United States currency with the publication of the Handbook of United States Large Size Star Notes 1910-1929. Murray took previously unknown information and produced two editions of a book that has been a necessity for all serious collectors and dealers for over twenty years. Star notes are relatively well known on current-size United States currency and their explanation is fairly straightforward: When a note is found to be imperfect in the course of manufacture, it is replaced with a star note, that is a note bearing a star either before or after the serial number. A star note is also used for the 100,000,000th note in a series since the numbering machines cannot print over eight digits. In all other respects, a star note is indistinguishable from regular notes, and of course, worth the same face value. Star replacement notes did not app