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United States
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I have been a bit of a slump lately, just haven't been able to find anything really good while searching notes. A couple of days ago I was searching through some circulated one dollar notes and I found a web note. Normally I would have been really happy, but unfortunately someone had written their name on it (in ink of course). I set it aside and continued on I came across a Barr note that had a small tear in it and was very worn... bummer. I continued on and found a note with the serial 93339333. I couldn't believe it because it was so horribly worn and mutilated I didn't even save it. Needless to say I was a bit bummed out. Then yesterday I picked up $400 in ones and started the search anew. This is what I found in them: Relatively low serial, low run star note  Bookend repeater 4-847-847-4  Radar note  4 pair bookend note  And what I think is the kicker, I already had this note. Compare the serial to the last two notes I just posted. Crazy huh?  |
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United States
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Canada
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That's incredible! I don't collect notes, and even I'm impressed at those SNs.
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United States
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They are some really neat notes
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 United States
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For the last month or so I was going through this stretch where everything was just one number off. In other words I would find a radar note... oh wait one number isn't right, or a repeater... no the last two digits are reversed, etc. I was actually starting to find it funny.
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United States
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Wow, very nice! Especially those last 3! I get a lot of those one-number-off/out-of-order notes too... like today: E31093910A $1
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United States
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That's a nice pick up at face. You got a set started with the 6, 1, 2 radar notes.  |
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United States
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That's a nice pick up at face. You got a set started with the 6, 1, 2 radar notes Yeah except those are probably the last ones I will ever see  Have one more I found just a few minutes ago... I hope my one digit off streak isn't starting up again...  |
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United States
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I have just calculated the odds of getting a near solid note (one digit off solid) in US currency. If you take into account that only 96,000,000 notes for any given block are circulated, the odds are 1 in 148,148 (naturally it is a fancy number).
And because someone will question the accuracy of that here is the breakdown in an 8 digit serial:
Only one digit can be off so there are nine chances per digit (can't be 10 because that would make it a solid)
So 8 x 9 = 72
This can happen through the numbers 0 thru 8 which is 9 times.
72 x 9 = 648
96,000,000 / 648 = 148,148.148148
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United States
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My close relative to Nickelman's note:  |
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Posted 09/12/2010 10:58 pm
