Serail Numbers On Canadian Bank Notes

Canadian bank note collectors are more purists regarding the collectible serial numbers than are U.S. collectors. The notes would have to be true radars, repeaters, solids, etc.. On U.S. sites, I've seen them talking about bookend numbers, scrambled ladders, partial radars, partial solids and on and on. A lot of those "collectible" numbers, I believe have been perpetuated by sellers marketing them on popular auction sites just to get a premium on otherwise common notes.

To find out which Canadian serial numbers are collectible, I would suggest picking up a copy of Charlton's Canadian Government Paper Money guide which lists the desirable number types to collect.

I'm glad I gave you the link then! I just discovered the paper notes area recently and popped in there after reading your post. I usually hang out in the coins info areas, but it pays to know a bit about notes even if I'm not into collecting circulating notes for myself. Who knows what I'll come across that a collector in here might want.