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New Member
United States
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Pulled off the highway to stop for dinner and got this in my change. 1977 I 16918516A   |
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't really collect U.S. paper money, so can you fill me in on the importance this find. Thank you.
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Moderator
 United States
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 ... I note that the end two digits repeat ... but what are you seeing here that makes this special.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1397 Posts |
Nice find if you plan on saving it, but it won't have much value as an investment.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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me too |
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Pillar of the Community
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It is a small portrait note, for those of you who are asking what it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
Beside obvious small portrait note! What's the significant serial# to this note OP specifically noted the serial# |
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Valued Member
Canada
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macmercury:
It is a bookend note. The same sequence of digits(16 in this case) is found both at the beginning and at the end of the serial number. I don't think it adds value to the note, in this case at least.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I though bookend note required at least first and last 3 digits to match What's going on with the forum time? Edited by macmercury
10/09/2012 12:07 am
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
It's pretty hard to find such old notes in such good condition in circulation. Last month I found a 1974 $1 FRN. Not really valuable, but a neat finds.
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Valued Member
Canada
290 Posts |
I'm not sure, but bookends are referred to as two different things:
The first being what I have just mentioned, and all the sources I found do not disregard a sequence of 2 digits repeating itself as a bookend note. But if it were up to me, I wouldn't consider these serial numbers fancy unless they have a sequence of 4 digits repeats itself which I believe makes it a repeater.
The second which are also considered bookends is when you have a set of three consecutive notes, the middle one being a radar(or an error note according to one source I found) and the two others being "shoulder notes" or "bookends". An example being :
25466451 (bookend)
25466452 (radar)
25466453 (bookend)
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Valued Member
United States
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I've actually never heard of bookends being the notes that come before and after a radar note. That's new to me.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Here are bookends notes, labeled so by the PCGS. I have taken the image from Clay Irving's glossary:  He refers to the middle note as a "specific note", in his example it happens to be an error note. Another case was discussed involving a radar note here: http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/...topic=3602.0Edited by Baanos
10/09/2012 10:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In that instance bookend refers to something different. A bookend serial number has the same starting number as ending number and there is no requirement on the number of digits. To me a bookend serial doesn't add much to the note. That bookend set just means an error with notes before and after.
*edit to clarify.
If a serial has a number like 16000016 then I would say that the term bookend is more relevant that a serial like 16918516.
Edited by Nickelman
10/09/2012 11:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pretty nice condition for such an old note.
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Pillar of the Community
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a bookend note is where the first and last letter of the serial number match. anyone who tells you different is wrong and they need to learn the correct terms. just because pcgs said those are bookends just means they made a mistake.
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Posted 10/08/2012 9:52 pm
