What are Star Notes?

Star Note are usually known as replacement notes. These are the notes which are replaced if the notes has some printing defects or damaged. They look same like the normal currency except a star is printed at the end of the serial number.

Print Runs

Star notes are printed in the size of maximum 3,200,000 notes. Sometimes they are printed in the lower quantity of star notes common run sizes of 320,000 , 640,000 , 1,280,000 and 2,560,000 etc.

When fewer than 3.2 million Star Notes are printed in a run, subsequent runs begin with serial numbers aligned to the next closest multiple of 3.2 million.

For instance:

• Run 1: 1,280,000 notes (Serial numbers: X 0000 0001 * to X 0128 0000 *)
• Run 2: 640,000 notes (Serial numbers: X 0320 0001 * to X 0384 0000 *)
• Run 3: 3,200,000 notes (Serial numbers: X 0640 0001 * to X 0960 0000 *)

To check these details you can use our star note lookup tool.

Two Types Of Star Notes

There are two types of star notes Sheets and Regular notes. There is no visible difference in the appearnce of both of them but the production process is different. It impact the rarity of the star notes. If you want to read more about it read our article: Sheets Vs Regular Notes.