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  2. Replacement banknote - Wikipedia

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    1957 one United States dollar star note (Star precedes serial number) The United States, India [7] and the Philippines use " " in the serial number to mark a replacement banknote. These are known as "star notes". These were also used by Australia until 1972. Canada used " " at the beginning of serial numbers on its replacement banknotes until ...

  3. Silver certificate (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The $1 silver certificate from the Hawaii overprint series. 1899 United States five-dollar Silver Certificate (Chief Note) depicting Running Antelope of the Húŋkpapȟa. Silver certificates are a type of representative money issued between 1878 and 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. [1]

  4. Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia

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    The operation consisted of 29 explosions, of which only two did not produce any nuclear yield.Twenty-one laboratories and government agencies were involved. While most Operation Plumbbob tests contributed to the development of warheads for intercontinental and intermediate range missiles, they also tested air defense and anti-submarine warheads with smaller yields.

  5. Glossary of notaphily - Wikipedia

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    A note printed with a special symbol before the serial number, or with a special serial number prefix, used to replace notes damaged during the manufacturing process. US replacement notes are called Star Notes because a five pointed star is positioned at the beginning or end of the serial number.

  6. No. 601 Squadron RAuxAF - Wikipedia

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    No. 601 Squadron was formed at RAF Northolt on 14 October 1925 when a group of wealthy aristocratic young men, all of whom were amateur aviators, decided to form themselves into a Reserve Squadron of the RAF after a meeting in White's Club, London. [11]

  7. 1957 - Wikipedia

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    1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.

  8. May 24 incident - Wikipedia

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    The May 24 incident (Chinese: 五二四事件), also called the Liu Ziran incident (劉自然事件) and the Reynolds riot, was a 1957 international incident between the United States and Taiwan (ROC) that started over the killing of an ROC national by an American military officer and the subsequent acquitted court-martial conducted by U.S ...

  9. Asterisk - Wikipedia

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    The asterisk (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ s k / *), from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star", [1] [2] is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star .