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Trinary Notes?

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 Posted 07/05/2012  08:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nickelman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When you search notes long enough you will realize that the numbers you thought were a find when you first start are so common they really have no value. The real keepers are the numbers that just don't show up very often and make them a good find. Problem is, since they don't show up very often a person who gets very few notes won't find any of them. That is why words like trinary are born, so that person can have a "find".

I try to never tell a person what to collect or what not to, God knows I keep some silly notes that would raise the eyebrows of my fellow collectors. Collect what makes you happy, it's better to save a note then down the road realize it is just a spender, than to spend it and then realize you should have kept it. So I say save those questionable notes.

Saving money is not a bad thing! As you get more into it you will see that a number with 3 digits are a dime a dozen and you can then use those trinary's to purchase a note that actually has some collectible value.
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 Posted 07/05/2012  08:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ikandiggit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As Nickelman said.

After collecting for a few years now, I actually get annoyed at seeing listings like "Mini-Radar", "Mini-Ladder", "Scrambled Ladder","Almost Solid", and "Partial Repeater" etc..

If you're creative enough, you could give almost every sequence of numbers a fancy name and give the illusion it must be collectible.

I search through approx. 50,000 notes per week and you'd be surprised at how common some of the "interesting" notes are.

I've even given up collecting most of the radars unless they are binary and/or repeaters because I find so many of them, most of which are in circulated condition. The premium just doesn't warrant tying up cash just because it's "interesting".

When it comes right down to it, the notes with high values are as such because they are both rare and interesting not just interesting.
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 Posted 07/05/2012  5:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ceylon62 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
ikandiggit,

I take it you are filliping through C$...With all due respect no comparison on Canadian notes which are 7 digits VS USA notes ....8 digits....Ergo, THE mathematical odds of finding a radar up north VS stateside here is a multiple of One in 10 so to say....(rounding). Not sure what I am missing on Canadian repeater sn's.....The 4th / center digit makes no sense...

Do agree that folks / collectors NEED to go through multiple bundles daily to understand / see what comes through on a regular basis.
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 Posted 07/05/2012  5:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ikandiggit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You're right, Ceylon. I keep forgetting that we're talking U.S. notes. I do have a collection U.S. errors and radars that I purchased but not found.

The radar/repeater eg. 1414141. These I like to collect regardless of condition.

Sorry for the confusion.
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