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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ikandiggit, post: 1109825, member: 16269&quot;]If you&#039;re interested in collecting notes, I would suggest picking up a copy of Charlton&#039;s catalogue &quot;Canadian Government Paper Money and keep trying to get on to the Canadian Paper Money Forum. It has all the up to date information concerning collectible paper money.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re asking about current notes (Journey series):</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The replacement notes aren&#039;t as easily identifiable as the U.S. notes at first glance.&nbsp; There is no star or other mark to look for. Replacement notes are identified by &quot;brick&quot; collectors who find oddball notes inserted in unopened stacks. These notes have different numbers and prefixes that don&#039;t follow the sequence of the numbers in the brick. These are the replacement notes. Once identified, other collectors will watch for other with the same prefix and will try to determine how many are actually replacements. These notes are confirmed on the wiki site which is part of the Canadian Paper Money Collectors forum. </p><p><br /></p><p>2)I&#039;m not sure about the smaller letters (prefix). Again, in the Journey series, it may just be over-inking that makes the letters appear larger. Even if it was a variety, it would consist of millions of notes which makes it common. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have pics to show the difference, I might be able to research what you have to give you a more accurate answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>3)Low numbers and high numbers are dependent on the number of notes printed for each prefix. Generally, the numbers run from 0000000 to 9999999. But sometimes the run ends at something like 3999999 or some other number. A price guide will list the quantity printed for each prefix. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;0000000&quot; is not put into circulation. You may find &quot;0000000&quot; for sale but these are usually specimen notes. They are collectible but have a very high value. </p><p><br /></p><p>The CPMF&#039;s wiki site lists high and low numbers found in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Other collectible serial numbers are:</p><p><br /></p><p>-changeover notes are the notes that are in the same prefix but new signatures are used. These notes are identified and are listed in the CPMF wiki site.</p><p><br /></p><p>-radar notes where the serial numbers are palindromes</p><p>-rotator notes (flipper notes) where the serial numbers are the same upside down as right side up.</p><p>-ladder notes eg. 1234567; 2345678 etc.; or reverse ladders eg. 9876543 etc.</p><p>-repeater notes eg. 1212121; 1231231; etc.</p><p>-solid number notes eg. 2222222 etc.</p><p>-paper money printing errors:</p><p>-missing ink; ink smears; offset printing errors; double printing; double denomination notes; inverted signatures or signatures in the wrong location; missing signatures; folding errors; mismatched prefixes; mismatched serial numbers; stuck digit numbers; missing numbers; cutting errors etc.. </p><p><br /></p><p>These are a few notes from my collection that I found in circulation:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rotator:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/rdr1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/rdr2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Repeater/radar:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/NOV29REP14.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mismatched serial numbers:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/10mmaa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mm20126.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mismatched prefix:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mm5bb1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Inverted serial number:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/err2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Low number:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/NOV29LN28A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Stuck Digit:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/dn1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Missing Digit:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mn1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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