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 Posted 06/30/2012  06:51 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add karloning to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
i have just joined here and read some links about radar notes. Never heard of these as a collectable before. So, like all fanatics, immediately checked my wallet and found a $50 radar. Number 97122179. I am looking for a radar enthusiast for advice. I have no desire to start collecting radars. ...... Coins are enough for me
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 Posted 06/30/2012  06:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ozcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Goatieman is the notes enthusiast around here. He has fostered an interest in notes in other members too!
Well done with your find!
8 digit radars are much harder to find than the 6 digit ones.
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 Posted 06/30/2012  07:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What condition is it in?



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 Posted 06/30/2012  07:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add karloning to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Like a used note. No damage. It is a 1997 issue. I will try to,organise a pic. After reading lots of posts and looking at photos here, I think I need a macro lens,,
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If you have a scanner they are great with notes
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 Posted 06/30/2012  07:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FNQ to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow. Goaties radar will be radaring in on this radar - he loves $50's.
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 Posted 06/30/2012  07:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lostsean to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Whats the first 2 letters mate?
You may wanbt to try provide a photo, if you can?
You hit a good year to get a 8 radar
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 Posted 06/30/2012  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add juzzyb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm yet to even come up with a 6 number radar.
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 Posted 06/30/2012  9:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add goatieman23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To hit an 8-digit radar is very, very, very hard. I can tell you this:
Their printed commonality is 1 in 11,111 notes.
I consider them to be rare!
If I was you I'd hold onto it (if you can you just leave a $50 in your collection with no worries then do it)

I recently brought some notes from the IAG auctions, they were $5. The notes were:

8-digit radar: UNC 1998 $5 CG98888889 cost $67.50 (13.5 times face value)

Normal radar: UNC 2001 (Federation) $5 IF01 788887 cost $17.50 (3.5 times FV)

On ebay recently here are some results:
5 x $5 8-digit radar UNC notes: ($375 so $75 each)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Macfarlan...em43af8ae3be
1 x $5 8-digit radar UNC note: ($80)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Macfarlan...em46037ad35a
2 x $5 8-digit radar UNC notes with nicer serials (03333330; described as central solid, similar to what I brought): ($150 each):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-8-Digit-R...em43acccf89d

I guess from denomination to denomination will determine the price, but on top of that too, serial numbers can have a huge impact in determining the price:

In the past I brought an UNC 1998 $50 BK98888889 for $260ish (5.25 times FV), at the same time I brought an UNC 1997 $50 ?97777779 for $225ish (4.5 times FV). The reason the 98888889 was more was because I purchased it in a pair with it's consecutive so 98888888 & 98888889 together for $600 odd from memory. Whereas I also brought 97777777 & 97777779 which overall was about $100 cheaper. This purchase brought on my passion for $50's, polymers & pretty serial numbers.

As for your Fine circulated condition, I'd expect that it might sell it for around: $75-$100 tops. As rare as it is, it'll still only attract a certain market especially in Fine/circulated condition.

Whereas, some other serials would attract a much higher premium. I have three nice notes I have found in circulation which would fetch a nice high premium (even in circulated condition):

  • $10 AA06 000004

  • $20 --06 000060

  • $50 CG06 123456


It's still a ripper note, so don't let go of it in a hurry.

Not something I would buy now, because I'm fine tuning my collection as much as I can, but in the past it'd be of huge interest to me.

(if I put ? or -- as prefixes, it's simply because I've forgotten the prefix)
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 Posted 06/30/2012  10:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add karloning to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here's a pic. Thanks for the info everyone. I may as well hang on to it.

Radar

Radar
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 Posted 06/30/2012  10:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add goatieman23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just remember how rare it really is!!

That'll keep the note smiling
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