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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I thought this would be an interesting topic. I know people collect birthday notes, but does anyone here actually have a bill featuring their very own birthday? This is probably not an overly common occurrence to say the least. If you do have one of these, don't forget to share how you came across it; whether it was in circulation, a purchase, or a gift.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1191 Posts |
In case you were wondering when my birth day is (and want to find me my birth note  ) it's 03/01/1996. I don't have any, sadly.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
First I've heard of this, but seems so obvious. I just might start looking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7616 Posts |
I've been casually looking for mine for a longtime.... 10311949. No success so far.
I'll get one eventually...hopefully before I croak.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
I've found a grand total of 1 birthday note, although I don't really look for them. I will give it to whosever birthday it is- PM me if you were born in 1626. If anyone finds mine, any form of 7/29/2000, I am willing to pay for it (within reason). For that matter, if anyone else posts their birthdays, I'll try and keep an eye out, however slim the chances. |
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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Numisma thank you for your kind offer. Please send it to Richard Cromwell c/o my good friend - thai-vic. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
I'll check, but I don't believe it's October 4th.
Rather than thinking about it as a tiny chance that you would find your birthday note, consider that for every one you find, there are hundreds of thousands of people with that exact birthday.
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Valued Member
United States
204 Posts |
I don't have my birthday note...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
1063 Posts |
I don't have one, but remember, you have three options for birthdays.
I'll make one up to make it clear.
USA: 01/31/1976
UK: 31/01/1976
China: 1976/01/31
Three possibilities makes it much easier. Same date, different order
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I didn't even think of that; thanks for pointing it out!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
560 Posts |
I wish I had a birthday not, but no also.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
I just tried an image search for my birthday serial number, just to see if anyone had that number- for 07292000 I got a bunch of pictures of people, for 29072000 I got no results, and for 20000729 I got dozens of pictures of race cars.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wonder if finding your birthday note would be more likely or less likely than hitting the lottery? I just looked in my wallet and I had 11 notes. NONE of them could have been anyone's birthday even using augsburger's approach to looking at them 3 different ways.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, you need 4 digits in a row that form a number 2015 or under (20.15% chance), 2 digits that form a number 12 or less (12% chance), and 2 digits that form a number 31 or less (31% chance). That's about a 2.25% chance over all, accounting for all three forms. If you change this to account for months with less that 31 days and for leap years, that number goes to about 2.21%. And that's just if it's a birthday not at all- if you want one specific birthday, such as your own, the chance is 3 in a hundred million (0.000003%).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1291 Posts |
I probably had my birthday note in my hand at some point but didn't realize it. Then, I probably spent it on a lottery ticket that I didn't win!  |
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Valued Member
Australia
193 Posts |
weersteev said: Quote:
I wonder if finding your birthday note would be more likely or less likely than hitting the lottery? I think winning the lottery would occur first, because with a birthday note you not only need the right numbers but they also need to be in a correct order. Finding a needle in a field of haystacks would be easier.
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Posted 10/24/2015 11:15 pm
