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Valued Member
Australia
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There will be no shortage of AA16 $5 notes. There is in my area, but I don't care because I think the first and last prefixes are overrated. Unless you're collecting notes as a form of investment, there isn't any good reason for collecting AA16 over any of the other prefixes. Keep in mind that the new $5 notes have an extra digit in their serial numbers, so there could potentially be up to 10 million with the first prefix (as opposed to 1 million previously). Personally, I've got better things to do with my life than to go rushing from bank to bank, trying to collect what ought to be a very common note. The market will soon be glutted with them, and they won't be worth anything more than $5. |
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
BTW, I'm betting that DA16 will be the last prefix, simply because the extra digit in the serial number will prevent them from having to move any further down the alphabet.
Edited by Hercules
09/08/2016 06:34 am
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New Member
 Australia
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I disagree as EF prefix I've seen on ebay, and as far as 10 million notes per prefix I'm thinking they won't print passed 200,000 per prefix. Just a guess |
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
My next guess then would be GB16, but who knows what the RBA has in mind?
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Valued Member
Australia
112 Posts |
I've not seen any yet that start with anything other than 16 0... or 16 1... anyone else?
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New Member
Australia
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I haven't seen one yet.......  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I'm thinking they won't print passed 200,000 per prefix. Well considering that print runs always start at 9999999 and all the first prefixes on the market are in the range of 0200000 to 0300000 I would say that there are at least 9,000,000 first prefixes sitting in storage. |
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
Another possibility is that they started at 1999999, went down to 0000001, and will only go higher if they ever reach ZM. This isn't likely to happen with the $5 note, but it will with the $50 ones, especially if our population keeps growing. I reckon the extra digit is there purely for redundancy, just like the change from 7-digit to 8-digit phone numbers back in the 1990s.
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New Member
Australia
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EJ Unconfirmed but the word on the ebay street is that EJ is the last prefix of the next generation five dollar note. Correct? I'm guessing time with tell.  |
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
I wouldn't trust what people say on ebay, because they're out to make money. It would need to come from a reputable source (like the RBA or Downies) in order to convince me. |
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
After giving this some more thought on the Australian Coin Forum, I think EJ will be the last prefix, considering that they appear to be using a 9x6 grid, and running the second letter from A to K rather than from A to M. This would automatically make EJ the last prefix, unless they decide to do a second print run, which seems very unlikely at this stage.  Edited by Hercules
09/15/2016 03:21 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
762 Posts |
A trusted dealer of mine also says the last prefix is EJ.
He also said that there was a print run of 2,000,000 for each prefix so I think you are right Hercules, they would have started at 1999999
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Valued Member
Australia
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I doubt they started at 1999999 and worked down. I reckon they recalibrated the equipment so they could start at 0000001 and work up, just like they did in the olden days. Otherwise, the serial numbers would be out of order if they decided to go over the 2 million mark.
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New Member
Australia
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Isn't it only 1 million AA prefixes
eg AA16 999999
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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There are 7 digits after the 16.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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