Hi, I don't know much about collecting money or if this of any interest to collectors but i thought I'd post on here and get some feedback. TIA for any input.
That's a very nice note that you found. Since it is only composed of three different numbers, it is a trinomial, which is rare, and it is symmetrical on either side of the 56, so that is also quite rare. That's probably worth around $10-20. Let's see what the others say!
It's really not considered a fancy serial number. Bookend was a made up word which makes sense but it more cool than fancy. I don't think it would have a premium. But on ebay.. Any bidiot would go for it
There's no such thing as a trinomial to currency collectors. That is a made up term from You Tube in order to give something status and value which in reality doesn't have any. Serial numbers have 8 digits and just because sometimes they will have only 3 digits that comprise the number is usually meaningless. Your best trinomial would be 6 leading zeroes and then any 2 numbers at the end. Even with fancy serial numbers condition is always important.
I tend to agree with the others. Trinary, bookends (the OP’s description) mixed ladders and other terms are generally exclusively used on eBay to hype a note that is otherwise interesting, but lacking any true fancy status. I would have loved to have found the note in circulation, and would keep it. Now if the 5 was a 6, or the 6 a 5, it would really be cool.
As with regards to serial numbers, I agree "bookend" is bogus, made-up, hype of a word when it comes to serial numbers: cool, but not fancy. However, "bookend" is a term that has been in use with paper money for many decades, but has nothing to do with serial numbers. A "bookend" is one note lower or one note higher to a changeover pair ("bookends" referring to both). I'm in a bit of a hurry to get out of town for a few, but you all are able to look the term up. Anyone that has the Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money can look up some changeover pairs in the Appendix I. One lower and one higher than those pairs will be "bookends". As a side note, PCGS Currency also attributes "Bookend to a Reverse Changeover Pair" on such notes. edit: Ok...I said "nothing" to do with serial numbers...but what I meant was in the way referred by the OP. Obviously it has to do with the serial numbers, but not in the manner being hyped by "some" nowadays.
Did I say trinomial? I meant trinary. I do like the 6 zeroes and I agree Jersey MM that this is a solid "almost". Here's my 6 zero bill at the top. SO CLOSE.
I don't know how many people search through the currency they get from the bank or check the coins and currency they receive from the stores. I'm an accountant or was for 30+ years, but I like to have cash in my pocket to pay for gas or the grocery store, so I cash a check for $500 every once in a while. When I get my money from the bank, I get 25 $20 bills, then I go through them and sort them in serial number order. If there is something special about the bill, i.e., sequential serial numbers or something else that catches my I, I place them in my currency collection. I did that when I lived in Uruguay and have 10 peso bills in sequential order. I've been told they aren't worth more than face value. I got them in 1967m fresh from the bank and they are still in pristine condition. Judging from this blog, I'm not the only one that watches serial numbers. Lotsa fun watching you guz.
^^^^^^ Maybe this link will help, if you haven't seen it: http://www.coolserialnumbers.com/FancySerialNumbers.aspx
This is true for all the terms you list, *except* bookend. Bookend serials (where the first few digits match the last few digits, like 28700287 or 74000074) were actually of significant interest back in the heyday of currency collecting in the 1960s. They've since fallen *very* far out of fashion, and these days they're probably on the same level as recently-made-up categories like trinaries, but the term itself does go back more than half a century. But NPCoin is right: "bookend" also refers to the notes with serial numbers adjacent to a note of special interest, usually an error note or a changeover pair. And it's worse than that; a serial number is sometimes described as "bookended" when its block letters match, like A..A or U..U or whatever. The poor word "bookend" is well and truly overworked in the currency hobby.
Exactly the problem. (Not referring to anything you have said wrong, but referring to the OPs and others use of the term). "Bookend" has been part of the numismatic nomenclature for quite a long time. On the side of coinage, CAM has it's history of use. But, nowadays, there are those that would use CAM to identify a particular variety of Lincoln Memorial Cent instead of its long time use referring to a "cameo".. Likewise, we see individuals using "bookend" for a particular serial number subset that it does not historically refer to. And, this will only bring confusion and/or misunderstandings when discussing the two. Unfortunately, those that sensationalize their "get-rich" schemes on their various platforms will only perpetuate this problem. That is not to say that someone cannot collect these other curiosities. The post by new member Jim Dale (Welcome to the forum!) is spot on. It doesn't matter if they are worth anything or will be worth anything. "Special" is in the eye of the holder. You collect what you like because it's fun! And that is not to say that a curiosity cannot hold any form of premium just because I or anybody else don't collect it. Every small niche will have its followers and they are the ones that will determine the value thereof. Books, corporations, price lists, bloggers, and tube vloggers do not determine the value of any particular note...only the buyer and seller do. Even so, when a term is misused, correction should follow. How is anybody to learn if they are not taught?
If you happen to have any reference materials from the era (or 70s and 80s) that reference this, reply here or pm me, please. I've been (trying) to research this particular interests modern roots for some time, but have not found any references yet. Thanks!
I’ve also seen bookend used to describe label sets. The first and last note together with the label of 4,000 note bricks.
