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<p>[QUOTE="50011005, post: 2145767, member: 72783"]Birthday Notes are banknotes where the 8 digit serial number containing someones birthdate in one of 3 primary date formats: </p><p>- The American M/D/Y format for dates is [MM/DD/YYYY], so a serial number of 09301982 would represent the date of September 30th 1982</p><p>- The International D/M/Y format for dates is [DD/MM/YYYY], so a serial number of 2408-1974 would represent the date of August 8th 1974.</p><p>- The ISO standard date format is [YYYYMMDD].</p><p><br /></p><p>I only keep dates in the past 100 years, it's hard to find many people over that age. I also keep dates in the next 50 years or so. I don't keep older dates, but I have heard that the serial number 07041776 is highly sought after in America for obvious reasons. </p><p><br /></p><p>The odds of finding your exact Birthday Note on a random $1 bill is 1 in 96,000,000! You're more likely to get struck by lightning and then bit by a shark before that happens. I have made that connection for a dozen people and hope to find more if the collection keeps growing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="50011005, post: 2145767, member: 72783"]Birthday Notes are banknotes where the 8 digit serial number containing someones birthdate in one of 3 primary date formats: - The American M/D/Y format for dates is [MM/DD/YYYY], so a serial number of 09301982 would represent the date of September 30th 1982 - The International D/M/Y format for dates is [DD/MM/YYYY], so a serial number of 2408-1974 would represent the date of August 8th 1974. - The ISO standard date format is [YYYYMMDD]. I only keep dates in the past 100 years, it's hard to find many people over that age. I also keep dates in the next 50 years or so. I don't keep older dates, but I have heard that the serial number 07041776 is highly sought after in America for obvious reasons. The odds of finding your exact Birthday Note on a random $1 bill is 1 in 96,000,000! You're more likely to get struck by lightning and then bit by a shark before that happens. I have made that connection for a dozen people and hope to find more if the collection keeps growing.[/QUOTE]
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