RareBillSeries 1953C $5 star notes
18 star print runs are on record for this note, across 1 Federal Reserve district (*), totalling 31,240,000 notes.
The scarcest run is 80,000 notes in district * (serials 4,600,001–4,680,000). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | 4,600,001–4,680,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 10,360,001–10,440,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 3,880,001–3,960,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 7,840,001–7,920,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 12,880,001–12,960,000 | 80,000 | collector production record |
| * | 13,320,001–13,680,000 | 360,000 | collector production record |
| * | 10,440,001–11,160,000 | 720,000 | collector production record |
| * | 2,880,001–3,600,000 | 720,000 | collector production record |
| * | 4,680,001–5,760,000 | 1,080,000 | collector production record |
| * | 1–1,440,000 | 1,440,000 | collector production record |
| * | 11,160,001–13,320,000 | 2,160,000 | collector production record |
| * | 12,960,001–15,120,000 | 2,160,000 | collector production record |
| * | 1,440,001–4,320,000 | 2,880,000 | collector production record |
| * | 1–2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | collector production record |
| * | 3,960,001–7,560,000 | 3,600,000 | collector production record |
| * | 1–3,840,000 | 3,840,000 | collector production record |
| * | 5,760,001–10,080,000 | 4,320,000 | collector production record |
| * | 7,920,001–12,600,000 | 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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