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Originally Posted by Lightfoot;
The 1963 series were fading from existance at the time. Henry Fowler was the S-O-T-T on most that changed hands, but I remember a classmate telling me to be on the lookout for bills with the Joseph Barr signature.
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I just looked him up (Joseph Barr) on Wikipedia and found out why:
59th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
December 21, 1968 – January 20, 1969
The 1963 Series Federal Reserve Notes were printed until 1969, at which time the 1969 Series came out. The latter were still being printed new when I took over the paper route. As an afterthought just now, maybe they assigned the dates according to when the presidential administrations changed over. I used to think it was every six years up until 1981, as I kind of remember there was a 1975 Series also. But Jimmy Carter 77-81 upsets that theory.
Anyhow, Joseph Barr was on the 1963 Series Federal Reserve Notes, for only one month of printing. No wonder they were hard to find. That guy that told me about the rare signature was a very bright student but I never questioned how he knew about that. Uncanny.
I do remember finding one or two dollar bills with the Joseph Barr sig on them. With the rate the old paper money gets destroyed by the treasury, I bet those are pretty rare now.