Ok, so if you have been folloiwng my 'exploits' the last week or so, i keep getting close to finding a radar or ladder, but am always that last pesky digit off. So i go to the bank, exchange my $200 in 1's for 20 $10's. The first note was 01131110 second note 01132110 and then 01132111, 01132112 lol, and the rest just followed suit... so, it came close, but failed to deliver So i go to my next bank, and grab another $200 in 1's. Gte back to the office, look through them for all the usual odities. the first oddity was no star notes. i average 2, sometimes find 1 or 3, but rarely do i not find any. so i start looking through the dates, i did pull out 2 1988A's. I find many more 1988A's then even 1993 (which i very seldom find!!) i also pulled a nice crisp 1999 and a semi-crisp lol 1995. When i finish, i was looking over the 1988A notes and comparing them. They didnt look right. Thet didnt look the same. It took me a minute or two before it slapped me across the kisser... one of the 1988A's was a WEB-NOTE!!! i looked up the note in my charts (Which i got from Here , EK block front plate 8 back plate 8 and print run 9. It has a rarity of 2. Now the rarity factor is a bit confusing to me. Some rarity 1's have less the 5 known, some have 6-10 known and some have 11-20 known. Some rarity 2's have 11-20 known as well. I own a rarity 1 with 11 -20 known. This EK note, with a rarity of 2, doesnt have a note of how many are known, so i assume its more then 20 - but how many more?? for it to have the rarity of 2, could it have 100, 1000 or more known examples??? or is it more like 20 to 30?? It may not be unique, or one of the top 50 1988A web notes, but still ... i was geeked to find it
I have a total of 82 web-notes, with 44 not counting the doubles. With the note today, i have found 4 of those in circulation. One thing i found on the rarity of web-notes is posted Here on the same site i leeched the charts from. After reading their explanation, it almost seems the rarity factor is almost arbitrary (almost) lol But ... i still want to find my radar!!!!
I must give you ONE HELL OF A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS! Haven't seen a web in circulation in YEARS! Going from the Web Book dated 2001 an EK run 9 8/8 lists at $3 in VG, $8 in VF and $45 in CU. Not sure what rarity scale is being used but run 9 had 6.4 million total notes printed.
very nice finds. gotta love the thrill of the hunt. i have picked up a couple web notes out of circulation in the last few months.
ok.. so the difference is that we notes are printed on a sheet of 94 instead of 34? and they are missing a few details?
Snaz, here is a site i use alot for web-note info. there are a few very subtle differances in normal notes and web-notes. if you are interested, check out that page, it does a good job explaining them
thanks clembo. so the note isnt worth a million oh-well. i think i will still keep it the note i found might pass for very good. not a gem, but i dont mind!!!
I pass up star notes all the time. I NEVER pass up a web note no matter how ratty. Kinda puts it in a clembo perspective.
Nice info in this thread. Hmmm... going to have to keep it secret at work. I told one of the ladies here about star notes - I have not had one in 2 months and she has found 3. One of the star notes was a 1963A Barr star note. She is keeping them for now - darn it. At least I found a true radar last year, I think she is still looking for one of those.
