Hey everyone! I noticed that this serial was only 6 numbers, when they are suppose to be 8? What's up with that? Let me know, thanks!
back in the day, they only used as many numbers as were needed... the first note was note 1, second note was note 2, and so forth and so on it wasnt until later they started using the full 8 digits with the delinears at the start and end ,.... not sure of the exact date off the top of my head though
That started with the first small-size notes, Series 1928. On large-size notes, there are never any leading zeroes in the serial numbers. It's less widely known, though, that the length of serial numbers was actually standardized a couple of years before the small-size notes came out. During 1927 and 1928, the BEP started each new block at serial 10000001 instead of at 1, thus skipping all the serials with fewer than eight digits! The only serial with *more* than eight digits, the block-ending number 100000000, kept right on in use anyway. It was even used on some early small-size notes, clear into Series 1934, before the BEP gave up on it and started using a star note for the the note after 99999999.
Okay, thanks guys! I just found it a bit awkward since it was the first one I saw without the full 8 digits Thanks again
