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triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9375 Posts	Posted 09/08/2007 12:15 am I have two 1973 $1 notes from Canada and I just noticed that the serial prefixes have two letters and three letters. Is there any reason for this or is it quite normal? Just curious. Prefix ALZ Prefix NB Steve Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 09/08/2007 02:02 am The "1973" date is when the series was instituted; notes with that date were issued from 1973 right up to when the $1 note was replaced with the loonie coin in 1987. When we lived in Canada in 1983, the $1 notes in circulation were all dated 1973. I suspect the two-letter variant is older; I assume they started at AA, went through to ZZ and then started again at AAA. If it helps to date your notes, the nice crisp $1 notes I picked up in 1983 have prefixes from ACK through to AMU. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 09/08/2007 10:04 am G'day, I see that the two notes shown have a different signature on the left side: another clue to dating - a bit like Oz notes before 1993. Now, you just need to find someone with relevant knowledge to take you the next step ... Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 09/08/2007 10:23 am I believe you guys are right Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 09/08/2007 10:44 am Signatures aren't as helpful on these Canadian notes with regard to dating, as they are on Aussie notes of the same time period - according to the Pick catalogue, there were only these two signature combinations on these notes: Lawson/Bouey (1973-1984) and Crow/Bouey (1984-1987). Still, it does confirm the top note is a later issue than the lower note. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
bromac Valued Member Canada 195 Posts	Posted 09/08/2007 1:57 pm Prefix series letters included all the letters from "A" to "Z" excepting the letters I O and Q because of their resemblance to numerals. With the imminent exhaustion of all the possible prefix letter combinations, the triple letter prefix was introduced in 1981. Bill Report this Post to the Staff
triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9375 Posts	Posted 09/09/2007 06:41 am Thanks for the info, Guys. Or should I say "Big Guys" I think that is Canadian lingo. I didn't realise that the same note went for so many years with the same date on it. That explains everything. Thanks Steve Report this Post to the Staff
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