RareBillSeries 1953A $5 star notes
5 star print runs are on record for this note, across 1 Federal Reserve district (*), totalling 12,400,000 notes.
The scarcest run is 80,000 notes in district * (serials 18,640,001–18,720,000). Runs under 640,000 are the ones collectors treat as genuinely scarce, and this is well under.
Every recorded run
| District | Serial range | Run size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | 18,640,001–18,720,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 23,680,001–23,760,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 15,120,001–18,360,000 | 3,240,000 | collector production record |
| * | 23,760,001–28,080,000 | 4,320,000 | collector production record |
| * | 18,720,001–23,400,000 | 4,680,000 | collector production record |
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Figures come from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's monthly production reports where available, and a collector compilation for older series. A run appearing here is a record of what was printed, not of what survives — circulated notes are lost, destroyed and worn out over time.
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