The other day I ran into a one dollar bill with a four-digit serial number (00004376). I vaguely recall reading about people who collect low serial numbers, but I can't find much information on this. Can anyone assist? I hate to tie up such a large piece of currency if it has no special value.
From what I understand 00004376 would be a reasonably low serial number, then it depends what the piece of currency is. Nicer/rarer the currency is, a fancy serial number makes a rare piece unique in my opinion.
well for one "The other day I ran into a one dollar bill" so its $1 and the bottom part i believe is sarcastic
Here's a fairly low serial number on one of my national notes. Ah, I can't pass up the chance to show off, forgiveth meese. People collect bills for all kinds of reasons as I'm sure you're aware. Low numbers, high numbers, repeaters etc. See below link for more information. :thumb: very low (i.e. 00000062) and the very high (i.e. 99999302). Ladder - a sequence of ascending or descending digits - 12345678 or 8765432 Solid and Near Solid - all or almost of the digits are the same - 66666666 or 11111101 Repeater - a sequence of digits that repeats itself - 12312312 or 34343434 Binary - consisting of only two digits in any combination - 11333113 or 52222555 Birthday - part or all of a date embedded the number - 19431111 or 09141941 http://www.onedollarbill.org/collecting.html [h=3][/h]
How low is low enough on a serial number depends on who you ask. On eBay, a 00 start has been described as low, at Where's George some members consider a 000 start to be low. Most avid hobbyists consider a 0000 start to be low, and some hard core collectors require at least 00000 or 000000 start to be considered low. I collect serial #12, so even tho the 2 notes displayed are low, they are not low enough for me. So I guess it depends on who you ask.
