1928 and 1934 $500 and $1,000 FRN star notes were replacement notes that the BEP used to replace defective $500 and $1,000 Federal Reserve Notes. These star notes will have a star (*) at the end of the 8-digit serial number instead of a letter. The $500 and $1,000 bills were printed in series 1928, 1934 and 1934A. Star notes in this series are extremely rare and in some cases unique. As of Aug 2013, there are 186 $500 stars and 144 $1,000 stars known. Most collectors collect these types of star notes by series and districts. Jhon E Cash has the most extensive census ever assembled on these rare star notes. You will soon be able to download the census on this website. Jhon E Cash has a new book due out this year called, "The History and Census of the US $500 and $1,000 Star Notes". You will also be able to download the book ,from this site when completed.
1934 $500 stars with a 1 to 4 back plate number is a non star and plate numbers 5-12 are mule notes. On the 1934A $500 stars all of the are mules notes.
On the 1934 $1,000 stars 0 to 4 are non Mules with a 1934 front and a 1934 back plate. If the 1934 $1,000 star has a back plate number of 5 to 8 it is a mule with a 1934 front plate and a 1934A back plate.
On the 1934A $1,000 star it is the opposite. If the back plate is 1 to 4 it is a mule with a 1934A front plate and a 1934 plain back plate. If the back plate number is 5 to 8 then it is a non mule with a 1934A front and back plate.
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PMG POP 2/1 finer. The Star of the Windy City! Featuring a 1934 $1,000 FRN star from the Windy City of Chicago. The serial number is G00002489* and is...
Only five (5) known! This is a very nice and rare 1934 $1,000 star note from the rare district of St Louis, MO. You are going to really like this $1,...
Philadelphia Freedom! This is a real nice example of the 1934 $1,000 Philadelphia star note. There are only ten (10) examples of this Philly star know...
This is the one of three 1934 $1,000 New York stars known. It is graded as a PMG EF-40 note. There are no rips, tears or pinholes. If this were a coin...
PMG POP 2/1 finer. This rare 1934 $1,000 FRN star note is from the fine city of St Louis, MO. There are only 5 known from this district. This PMG VF-3...
This rare note is the last of the Large Size 1918 $1,000 Federal Reserve Notes. This is a 1918 $1,000 Federal Reserve Note from the very rare Clevelan...
This is one of the 14 1928 $1,000 FRN star notes known to exist in all districts. How rare is that? Recently I sold a 1934 $1,000 FRN star note for $7...
Here is another rare 1928 $1,000 Star note. I own two of the 14 known 1928 $1,000* star notes. This is from the New York District. There are two known...
LaBron James would love this note! It is a Cleveland 1934 $1,000 FRN star note with a serial number of D00001379*. It is in a PMG VF-25 holder. This n...
Here is a 1934 $1,000 Atlanta star note. there are only 8 known to have survived. The serial number is F00003317* and is currently in a PMG Fine-12 ho...
PMG POP 1/ none finer! Check out this high grade 1934 $1,000 FRN Star note from the San Francisco district. PMG has graded 11 of the 1934 $1,000 San ...
PMG POP 1/0 finer! Kansas City here I come...! This rare 1934 $1,000 Kansas City star has only 7 survivors known to exist. This is the FINEST Known. O...
UNIQUE! This is one of the unique notes from the Jhon E Cash Collection. You are looking at the only known 1934A $1,000 FRN New York Star note. If thi...
This is a problem free 1934 $1,000 Star from the Windy City of Chicago. This is in better shape than most notes in this grade. Check the back and see ...
Windy City Winner! I got screwed on this note. I bought this note at a CAA Long Beach auction in 2005 as a AU-58. Well as you can see PCGS did not thi...
1934A $1,000 FRN from the Chicago district. The serial number is G00152243A and is in a PMG VF-30EPQ holder. There are no rips, tears, bank stamps, pi...
Here we have a 1934 $1,000 Star from the San Francisco District with the serial number of L00001142*. It has been graded as a PMG EF-40. The note face...
Here is a very nice Very Fine/Extra Fine 1934A $1,000 Chicago FRN. There are no rips, tears, pinholes, bank marks or anything else that would distract...
This is always one of the favorite small size notes for collectors. The popular 1928 $1,000 Gold Certificate. The 1928 $1,000 Gold Certificate is the ...