New TD stamp

So my WG stamp was coming apart and I got a new one. I liked it so much I got the same design for TD in a different color. All I had to do on StampConnection was put the different URL in the special instructions section. The letters look only a bit different. That site keeps getting the job done.

I had the Classix P05, one liners with water based ink. I now have the iStamp handwritten rectangular with oil-based. The TD are purple and orange respectively. I don't have any purple refill. I have plenty of red refill for the same model WG stamp, and will switch the inkpads.

I didn't want separate inkpads (hassle) or an exposed stamping surface (vulnerable to damage), especially useful when traveling.

Red, purple, blue, orange or pink have good contrast with bills. I want different colors for the two sites to help tell my stamps and marked bills apart.

I was having trouble getting ink to adhere to older bills, namely 1976 $2s. Fading seemed to be a problem in general. Oil-based worked for that.

The box fits front left on $1s and $2s, front right on other denominations. It doesn't really fit on the back except for the sides of the painting on $2s.

Excellent! Let's hope your new stamp increases your hits.

What kind of oil-based ink are you using and do you also get it from StampConnection?

increased hit rate is a big part of the idea. I wonder if a one liner hiding in the margins is too subtle. Also, two colors and two designs might have more of a chance of drawing attention to one of them.

Sometimes one stamp fits better, sometimes a different stamp does.

my raw hit rate is going to suck anyway because I love stealthing or marking with another site, but I do want improved performance on the bills that are TD marked.

I use the standard iStamp ink that came with it, and I'd buy those refills when the time comes.

A one-liner is way, way, way too subtle.

My suggestion for a minimal stamping style would be:

• front - Nerdy Beaver or Dave Anderson
  
• back - one-line URL and one-line "Currency Tracking Study"
  

But for my dollars and my hit rate (19.8% - and that's way understated - "real" hit rate on singles will be north of 30%), that's not enough.

Aim higher!

The designer stamps seem too geared to $1s. I may try one of those if I feel like getting another one anyway, but I didn't want to buy and keep track of a bazillion stamps. I only take one of each site with me when I go out.

PS
You've said before that your real hit rate is even higher - how so?
Getting your own bills back? People entering them on WG?
Is there another user who gets tired of seeing your bills? Even if actually hit, I understand bonus points for hits from the same user are eventually limited.
You'd be near Electric Red in particular.

Yeah, hit rates are time sensitive

I always have some bills that haven't been circulated yet, but apparently not the amount that you do.

I have different methods than you do, but I'm also consistent. I figure it's a matter of sleepers.

Something broke on my old stamp, so changing it to another color couldn't happen.

Sometimes orange doesn't contrast well with main green or the background colors, the dark blue for WG does better.