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United States
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I recently was lucky enough to find a $1 bill with 6 repeating digits. I was unaware they were even sought after until this happened. While perusing ebay, I saw some other $1s for sale for with 6 repeating digits or "6 of a kind" binary/trinary going for upwards of fifteen-twenty dollars which leads me to my question: wouldn't it be much more rare to have the repeating digits at the end than the beginning? For example, my bill is B03111111G but most of the ones I see for sale are something like B11111103G with repeating digits at the beginning. Doesn't this mean there are 100 others out there just that the example I gave? B11111101G, B11111102G, B11111103G and so on all the way up to B11111199G? Wouldn't mine be much more rare since the previous/next printed would be only 5 consecutive digits? Is there a general consensus on what is worth the most? solid(beginning/ending) 11111122/22111111 or broken like 11211211. If you stayed with me through my examples, thank you for your time and thoughts. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to CCF. Personally and respectfully, if I found a note with 6 repeating serial numbers, I would probably keep it, BUT, I would not seek out or pay for one. There are bididiots on ebay that do pay a premium for notes like this but I don't consider them fancy. Don't get me wrong, they're kinda cool, but not that cool. I visited Dave Undis's website and borrowed this chart that shows the rarity of serial numbers within a print run. You'll notice that 6 repeating serial numbers are not even mentioned.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Thx for the info, never seen this before.
It should all make us really appreciate how rare fancy serial number combinations are, and thus attract a collector interest.
However having an interesting serial number with even a tiny single digit 'flaw', is like having a lottery ticket that is very close to the winning number - it won't win a prize, or with a Note, - no extra value above face.
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you Steve. I was planning on keeping it, went to ebay to see if I could get an idea of what it was worth, if anything and can see why you would give them such a nickname. There are bills there that didn't seem rare at all which led to make my post. Thank you for the chart, now I'm really interested! I've always just been into coins prior to this find. |
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United States
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 United States
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 . Just a side note, condition is very important. The lower the SN is the better. 00000001 is better than 11111110. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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'alaeriosn' Be wary of the youtube videos & social media feeds re: 'fancy numbers.' Essentially, any number can be 'fancy' to me so the idea is pretty loose or arbitrary. But if you want to collect something that may be resold down the line (everyone agrees its 'special'), remember that banknote serial numbers should not be compared to poker hands nor given extra little qualifiers like 'broken' ladder, etc. 'SteveinTampa' correctly points out, people collect anyway they like & it can be fun (& super cheap) to do (esp if you don't care about the note's condition/grade). But if you really want a 'special serial number' study the chart & try to get a banknote with a serial number the same as the examples provided (if you wish to go down that line). They are rare & tough to get (esp in high grades) but it seems like it is one area of currency collecting that just keeps growing. |
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United States
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United States
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to CCF I came across another interesting rareness chart.  |
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United States
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Very interesting!  |
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Canada
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Funny how the chart has no Low serial numbers (below 1000) which have become increasingly popular these days (especially below 10). 00000001 to 00000009 the most popular & sought after.
In Canada, we also have "Million Numbered" notes:
1000000 to 9000000 (& even the extremely rare "Ten Million numbered notes for the 1954 series). Both are seldom seen & their Book Values are always 'dated' a starting point for these. Nobody discussed this but Thousand # Radar notes (like 0001000 to 0009000 usually carry premiums as do radar repeaters).
Then last, but by no means least, are the Rotators (or SWIMS notes): only 0 8 6 & 9. Some are radar/rotators & other's not. These serial numbers are tougher than radars & should look identical right way up or upside down:
0008000 ; 60000009 & 6880889 are just a few examples for 7 digit SN rotators.
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Posted 03/22/2021 01:42 am
