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Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 01:00 am Spent more than I should though. Over $100 exchanged today, that's just crazy. Never spent that much before for cons or paper money in one day. Went somewhere pretty far today and saw a couple of banks. Sometimes it pays to go to a different bank and ask them. One sold me 2 penny rolls (so far only one of my regular banks still do that!), the other bank I found the $2s and $50. This is the first time I've owned (not seen, one of my friends happened to get a bird $20 from where he won't tell me) a bird series note bigger in denomination than $2. The voyageurs were from one of my regular banks, they said the coin shop guy dumped it (I believe them, these coins look very very circulated and twenty times more baggy than my first batch), not that I should complain much since there are some dates I don't have. The two $20s were from one of my regular banks too, and they said they had about $450 worth in voyageurs and 50-cents. It was the end of the day and I was pretty skint, so I had to turn it down. No way to carry all those alone back either. They won't tell me where it's from. I always carry a couple of $1 bills with me and I had to convince a waiter to take it for my dinner payment because I'm out of loonies (and other coins and bills too). No funny reaction though, she just asked a superior if they're allowed to take it and he OK'd it. I once paid back a friend with a $1 and he spent it at a Chinese supermarket, he said the cashier's puzzled expression was very amusing. I wish I could see that. This is what is in the bag: $1: 2x 1969, 1x 1973, 20x 1975, 1x 1980, 2x 1982 Constitution, 1x 1983, 3x 1984, 1x 1984 Jacques Cartier, 3x 1986. 50c: 1x 1972, 3x 1973, 1x 1982 L, 1x 1984, 1x 1985. Serials, if anyone is interested: $2: EBH0837637 (looks like the serials are punched in too hard, you can partially see the ink bleed through the other side), EGN6224804 $20: ESA8645428, EVF8628745 (the serials look like they've been punched in too hard too) $50: FHS4041955 (birthday note of 4 May 1955, anyone's birthday? Also listed in a different row by coinsandcanada) Report this Post to the Staff

persistnt Pillar of the Community Canada 726 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 01:24 am ..Way to go Ontario,,You are a smart lady...That top bird 20 looks good ,the 50 looks like loads of folds....I got a different teller at my bank yesterday-She said You get what comes out of the machine-Trying to say the bank never has any good bills..So I told her about the times in resent months the good bills I got from them (Bird 5.oo)... Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 01:53 am All of them aren't very good, lots of folds. Made even worse because I had put it in my wallet because I thought there was nowhere else I could keep it in. I totally forgot I have two empty banknote holders I placed in my bag the other day. I guess exam week just took a temporary toll on my memory. The top $20 I think is a high F or low VF, not bad at all The $50, I can't even get it straight because of a strong horizontal fold in addition to the vertical ones. My tellers always say, we only have whatever the customers bring in, so it's a hit and miss. I'm gonna go downtown and hopefully from the people volume I'll find something again! Edit: since I'm out of coins I'l take a couple of the '75 voyageurs with me to spend just in case. I hope people still take them. Or maybe just the awfully beat up '86s. They look like they went through a dryer. Edited by Altaira 06/21/2014 02:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
halfdollardan Valued Member Canada 448 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 03:32 am very nice looking stash. Well done Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 06/21/2014 10:52 pm The event took from 9AM to 4PM so I didn't have time, too bad. Next time, definitely. I'll post the $20 in the grading forum if I can, the internet on my floor is broken so I'll have to bring my laptop downstairs to the lobby if I want to upload any pics. I didn't get to spend the voyageurs, which is good because I don't need to explain what I am trying to pay them with. Just wondering, anyone knows whose birthday is on 4-04-1955 (4 April 1955)? My brain must have shorted out or something that I typed May instead of April in my first post. Report this Post to the Staff
andrewbi Valued Member Canada 55 Posts	Posted 06/23/2014 9:50 pm Good Job on the find. I still can't believe the fact that you haven't found a single bird note above $2 before this. The funny thing is I haven't found a single bird note below $5 low. Those are pretty common in my area, (Pearson Airport, Toronto). I cashed a cheque for those a while back. Report this Post to the Staff
MoneyPenney Pillar of the Community Canada 2984 Posts	Posted 06/23/2014 10:19 pm Quote: Serials, if anyone is interested: $2: EBH0837637 (looks like the serials are punched in too hard, you can partially see the ink bleed through the other side), EGN6224804 $20: ESA8645428, EVF8628745 (the serials look like they've been punched in too hard too) $50: FHS4041955 (birthday note of 4 May 1955, anyone's birthday? Also listed in a different row by coinsandcanada) To save you the trouble of posting in other forums, according to the lastest Charlton catalog, $2 - EBH, EGN - in VG and F Condition, the value is $2 $20 - ESA EVF - in VF condition, the value is $20 $50 - FHS - in VF condition is $50 Given the poor condition of them, they are spending money. Especially the $2 bills which are awful. The best of them appears to be the $20s. Even if the $20 is EF, they are still only $20 value. If almost uncirculated, then the $20 is worth $25. Edited by MoneyPenney 06/23/2014 10:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 06/23/2014 11:07 pm I guess people around my area cashed in the smaller denominations only. You say older bills are common near Pearson? I'm leaving Canada through Pearson on Saturday, where do you usually look? I'd like to try my luck. Thanks for checking Charlton's for me. The $2s are meant for spending, one looks like someone balled it up then splashed blue and neon pink paint on it (I have 7 quite crisp ones in my drawer, almost in sequence but missing a couple). I switched for those since it's more fun to spend older series bills than a toonie, and hoping for a funny reaction of some sort from a young immigrant cashier The second $20 isn't much better than the $50, it's got strong folds too and little tears on them. But I'll do like I always do, I keep one of each and wait till a crisp one comes my way. In this case, the temporary keeper is the $20 on top. The voyageurs aren't much good either, so many scratches and hits. They must have been handled very roughly. But I'll carry a couple along with me, so in case I run out of loonies I can just spend them, but if the person or machine won't or can't take voyageurs just hold this up and say, "Does anyone have a loonie for this?" I wanna see the reactions Report this Post to the Staff
wolfman-11 Valued Member Canada 372 Posts	Posted 06/24/2014 2:06 pm Have a safe trip! Are you coming back to Canada for University? If so bring me back some 1971's from home. Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 06/24/2014 2:41 pm Thanks! I am coming back to Canada. I'll see if I have those dates, we can arrange a trade Report this Post to the Staff
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