Over the years I have spent many packs of 100 of our current $2.00 FRN and so far no luck in finding any replacement or star notes. One day around the Christmas holidays I stopped in to one of our local banks in Iola and asked for five new $20.00 bills. Much to my surprise, the cashier actually gave me five consecutive star notes. I quickly asked if she had any more but she only had eight left out of a brand new pack ... which I was still very happy to get.

I have had very few circulated FRN star notes go through my hands, and of course they are more of a curiosity and only worth face value. What brought this subject up was a small cash payment I recently received from Ma Tak Wo in Hong Kong that included this well-traveled circulated $20.00 Series 2004. Most likely it was originally acquired in uncirculated condition out of an ATM machine right there in Hong Kong or possibly brought over by a tourist.