I always examine all my notes in change, especially the serial numbers. While Xmas shopping today at Walmart on my lunch hour, I received in change from a $50FRN, the following $20FRN. Serial #. CD. 00037873A 2001 I'm not sure if its a FULL radar or PARTIAL? Any thoughts?
To me it is not a radar, though you could call it a "radar type" note. Not a keeper to me, but others may have a different opinion.
Krispy: super find!! I think mine is as close to a full radar as it get. I guess the zeroes prevent it from having full symmetry in both directions, but if you discount the zeroes, it is a full radar. Thoughts on the sequence? Here it is again CD 00037873A
I haven't been able to log into CT for almost a year so I hope I am posting this right. I would like to know web sites that have quantities for Star notes printed and where you can find out how rare if they are rare at all. I use Numismedia.com for coins to get a price list but I haven't found anything for paper money. I don't search straps, but have a couple of tellers that pull all the stars for me so I get several of them. Also my daughter works at the bank and while she doesn't take the time to search notes or even silver last year for Christmas she gave me 25 Star 1's CU in consecutive order.
Maybe this is coining a new term for fancy SNs but how about a "short-radar". I can look past the zeros to call this a radar note, but purist or those willing to pay a premium, may demand all digits be used.
KENT: Try the Coin World publication called, Paper Money Values. It's available in print but it you subscribe to the online edition of Coin World you get Paper Money and Paper Money Values, plus several specials and world coin publications for free, electronically. CT member Magman has this modern star reference page, but no values attributed.
I also like the Bank Note Reporter, I get PaperMoney Values also. Krispy: It is official. I have taken the FRN and put it in a 3.25x8 inch plastic sleeve and labeled it with a .5x.5 inch white sticker reading: -2001 $20FRN-short radar:krispy type(XF-AU)-
There's a certain amount of tradition behind calling this a "five-digit radar". I think it goes back to the large-size notes, where the serial numbers were printed with no leading zeroes; on those, a serial like A37873B would be considered a radar just as much as A74988947B would be. So some collectors will give the same serial number 00037873 credit for being a radar of some kind on a small-size note. This only works with leading zeroes, though. Stuff like 55537873 or 37873000 aren't radars no matter what some Ebay sellers try to tell you.
Numbers and others: The statement about the leading zeroes makes sense in legitimizing it as a short radar. This exception makes sense to me. Certainly proves in why we should always look at our change, that includes both coins and notes. I even look at the stamps dealers sometimes use to frank their packages. Lol. I've also edited the original post above to include a photo. Full story behind this is that I went xmas shopping at walmart. Bought an inexpensive Phillips RCA 1Gig MP3 player for my cousin, paid with a $50FRN, got a the subject $20FRN in change and a few ones. Got home, and the first thing I do religiously is empty my wallet and pockets of coins and notes on the bed or dresser and inspect them. Of course, others who you live with sometimes think you're nuts when you have a 5x loupe out on the bed or dresser and looking at coins/notes, but pretty soon everyone gets bitten by the numismatic bug, sooner or later we will infect them, lol See photo above.
I am honored. ...and we have to bow to NUMBERS, he's definitely our go to guy for all these technical informational matters. :bow:
I know I'm bringing up a dead thread but...I think the 000 look cool like they would be the standard blip blip blip and the 37878 would be bleep bleeep ping bleeep bleep. I'm so bored LOL.
