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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 403377, member: 11668&quot;]But what Canada now uses is a third system.&nbsp; When they catch a defective note, they just pull it out, so the serial numbering sequence just skips a number.&nbsp; So let&#039;s say note number 47 had a printing error; then the first pack of notes will have 1 through 46 and then 48 through 101, and the second pack will start at 102 instead of 101....&nbsp; Every 10,000 notes or so, they &quot;top up&quot; a pack with a bunch of extra notes with random unrelated serials, to make up for all the error notes they&#039;ve removed lately.&nbsp; But these aren&#039;t star/replacement notes, with special distinctive serials; they&#039;re just any old notes.&nbsp; Unless you yourself find them stuffed in at the end of a brand-new pack of notes, you have no way of knowing that these particular serials were used as top-up notes....&nbsp; Under this system, there&#039;s no longer a close connection between the number of notes printed and the serial range used--you can&#039;t just subtract the low serial from the high serial to figure out how many notes were printed.&nbsp; Drove the collectors a bit batty when the system was first introduced, really....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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