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Bedrock of the Community
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The breadth of your collection is pretty amazing!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fancy those! Very nice, my friend.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not sure I've mentioned it before but I like and collect serial #12 in all forms.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Number 12, Number 12...H-m-m-m. Not that I recall.  Edited by Coinfrog
06/30/2019 5:15 pm
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Nice examples, Steve!  |
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I think this is a great topic "Coinfrog" because I have seen the "fancy serial number" designation bantered about on ebay so often. I asked collectors of Canadian currency to post their fancy number here: http://goccf.com/t/320088My interpretation is more in line with "SteveinTampa" (the #12 note) or the "near solids," the notes that end in 9999 (or 0000) or the "birthday" note posted earlier. I consider a "fancy" number NOT a Special Serial number but one that holds significance to fewer collectors for reasons of geography, culture, or some other idiosyncratic reason. Sometimes "fancy serial numbers" leave us scratching our heads but a decent (more worthy) fancy number should be appreciated by at least a group of people (IMO). Having said that, I don't think that a fancy number cannot slide into the realm of Special Serial Numbers (or even traverse both realms). Recently, "repeaters" and "binary" (0's and 1's) were added to the Special Number category in our Charlton guide. Birth year notes may also be one of the exceptions which now seem to be seen in the Special Number Category too. Any way you look at it: fancy numbers are definitely an emerging phenomenon of the hobby. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I look at the serial numbers on these and get a little dizzy.....   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, I've posted some of these before in the Radars and Repeaters thread, but I'm always happy to post them again!  [Pity about that one "8" in the middle there, but still pretty fancy.]  [This is a "true binary" note since the number consists of only 1's and 0's.]  [This is a "binary repeater" or "super repeater" since it consists of only two digits in a repeating pattern.]  [This is a "true binary super repeater" since the number consists of only 1's and 0's and the pattern repeats.] |
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Bedrock of the Community
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barryg - All of these are great, especially the binary $20. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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And Steve, after a couple of glasses of wine, I think it took me a full minute to tell these two apart. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Although unremarkable when viewed separately, paired up they appear Fancy...Fancy Fives  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Always amazes me how these things end up together!
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful examples "BarryG" & "SteveinTampa." Really like the repeating "80" and binary "10." I've never seen matching star replacements before.
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Wonderful examples! |
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