BEP SELLS 2017 YEAR OF THE ROOSTER NOTES

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V19 2016 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 43, October 23, 2016, Article 29

Here's hoping the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will consider holding a hobby forum sometime, too. Government around the world have been catching on to the marketability of commemorative and special serial number banknotes. Here's a press release the BEP put out on October 20, 2016. -Editor

2017 Year of the Rooster banknote packaging

In celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is pleased to announce a new addition to its Lucky Money Collection: Year of the Rooster 2017.

The rooster is one of 12 zodiac signs associated with the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Year of the Rooster 2017 is exquisitely designed with decorative Chinese symbolism and is packaged in a symbolic, red folder with embossed, gold foil. This product features an uncirculated, $1 Federal Reserve note with a serial number beginning with "8888." The Year of the Rooster 2017 represents good fortune and prosperity, signifying success in the New Year. This product is $5.95 and only 88,888 will be available for sale. Bulk pricing is available for the Year of the Rooster 2017.

The product’s first day of sale is Wednesday, November 16 at 8:00 a.m. (ET). Household quantity purchase limit restrictions of 250 units for the Year of the Rooster 2017 will be imposed for the first week of release, November 16 – 22. On November 23, household purchase restrictions will be waived.

The BEP's product marketing could use a boost. Of course, making counterfeit-proof banknotes is a very long, hard and expensive process and I doubt souvenir issues are in the cards. But other nations do it and there may be options to consider. For now uncut sheets and special serial numbers may be the only game in town. But congrats to the BEP for keeping a low pricepoint on this product - $5.95! We should all buy one just for grins and to add the packaging to our ephemera collections. -Editor

For more information, or to order, see:
Year of the Rooster 2017 (www.moneyfactorystore.gov/yearoftherooster2017.aspx)