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Valued Member
United States
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I looked up this serial # and its a so called "vampire number" with a 99% coolness rating. I Googled it and still have no clue as to the meaning. Anyon e have a simple man explanation and value?  |
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Valued Member
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This appears to me to be a regular serial no... go spend your 20 bucks.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
I've never heard of a vampire number..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Likewise, I can't figure out anything of interest in this note. I've never heard of 'vampire numbers' before, and I'm hoping someone else here might know and answer.  One thing I DO KNOW is that I'd much rather have this posted note (no matter what serial number) than the two $1 bills I currently have in my wallet.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's worth $20, vampire like coolness factor are ways for the not collectors to get parted with there money.
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Valued Member
 United States
73 Posts |
I'm gonna keep it, its UNC and a 99% coolness rating is worth keeping in my eyes. Maybe my kids can cash in on it eventually. If I'm lucky, Bram Stoker will see this and make his fangs salivate and pay up...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19146 Posts |
Don't expose it to sunlight...
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Pillar of the Community
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This is what the Fancy Serial Number Checker has to say:
(But I don't know what it really means - to me it's just another boring serial number)
How Cool Is 36345820?Powered by CoolNumbers.com
99.0%
Coolness Index
extremely cool
Rating
What makes this serial number special (or not)?
36345820 is a vampire number whose fangs are 5834 x 6230.
Only 0.0034% of 8-digit numbers have this property.
36345820 contains a run of 3. In 4.4% of 8-digit numbers, there are forward runs of 3 or longer.
36345820 contains 5 consecutive digits. Only 12% of 8-digit numbers have 5 or more consecutive digits.
36345820 has 7 unique digits. In 19% of 8-digit numbers, there are 7 or more unique digits.
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Valued Member
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This is why computers / blockchain can never truly replace humans - not everything can be subsumed to statistics... the Soviet Union was proof of that...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
561 Posts |
From what Rothery posted, it seems that--
Vampire Number: a product of two numbers whose digits are all represented in the final product
5834 * 6230
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36345820
Mathematically, that's an interesting concept. In terms of getting more than $20 for a "Vampire" serial, no way!
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:
Vampire Number: a product of two numbers whose digits are all represented in the final product
5834 * 6230
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36345820 Oh, now I see, who the heck has time to look at serial numbers and figure that out? Yeah, you're right - it's worth 20$ so spend it  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for clearing it PNWType, you're right with value wise.
Maybe some mathematician will appreciate it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:
99% coolness rating 99% of $20 is $19.80 Quote:
Only 0.0034% of 8-digit numbers have this property. ok, but the $20 in my pocket is the only one of it's kind (serial # wise) so it must be worth a fortune? |
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm not that hard up for $20, its worth keeping it myself. Its interesting to me plus I keep anything 99% and above as long as it's UNC. Why not? I collect to collect, not interested in resale. I'll hand it down just like my collection has been for generations now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you have to rely on a computer algorithm to tell you what is cool, that's probably not the best approach to collecting. It's your choice to pass it down to your grandchildren, but they will spend it. And in 20 years this will be worth a good bit less, thanks to inflation.
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Posted 03/04/2021 6:06 pm
