An Interesting Dollar

I like money. Who doesn't? But the reason I like money is because I collect coins and paper money. Over time, I have collected many old and unusual coins, including many wheat pennies and a coin from Malawi.

But recently, I got a rare dollar bill. The dollar looked exactly the same as any other dollar except for the fact that the serial number of this dollar did not have a letter at the end of it. Instead, there was a small star after the serial number. Bills like this one are called "star notes" and are not printed as often as regular bills.

When an inspector finds a bill that is is printed with a flaw, the bill is removed and destroyed. However, in order to keep the same number of bills, the flawed bill is replaced with a star note. Because not many bills are printed with errors, star notes are not used much and are therefore rare.