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 Posted 03/20/2013  3:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jim61 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Have to agree with that!
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 Posted 03/20/2013  4:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ceylon62 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Better chances at winning the lottery and simply buying a solid serial :-)



Now we are getting into the technicalities

Once you get into fancy sn $2's and star note sn's the complexity of it get's more difficult to sort out as not many are printed. IMO, most folks see the sn and not how difficult such sn's are on a particular type of note. Ergo, at times there are bargains.

Throw in matching SN's with alphas (prefix and suffix)...and the odd's are....someone please compute the odd's.

FWIW, I have matched $2 sn's with matching alplhas where only 6 or 7 notes with the exact combo have ever been printed. Now did the other 4 or 5 notes ever survive...having spoken to someone who keeps track $2 fancy sn's.... chances are those other fancy sn's NEVER survived / been destroyed by bep over the years.
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 Posted 03/20/2013  5:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add peteramadeus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
According to this wonderful infographic when compared to my approximate calculations the odds of finding a solid serial number note are similar to the odds of being attacked by a shark.
You about 11 times more likely to find a solid serial note than winning the lottery (Mega Millions in this example). You're probably better off if everytime you think you should buy a lottery ticket you instead save the money until you have enough to buy a solid digit serial note

http://www.popsci.com/science/artic...-infographic
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 Posted 03/20/2013  10:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mfhorn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry I ask.

Now......I need a drink!
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 Posted 03/21/2013  04:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Woodford to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ceylon, matching the prefixes and suffixes as well as exact SNs is just plain ridiculous. I've seen pairs like that before and it is IMO incredibly impressive and difficult to attain.
Bravo to any who have managed to put together a duo of $2s like that, literally becomes a one of a kind pair.
Peteramadeus, I seriously Lol'ed at that.
Odds like those is why I never even bother playing the lottery.
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