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<p>[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 8272190, member: 17469"]I'll take a shot at your question, even though I'm not a collector of serial numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors always want to collect something that's rare, or that few other people have. With banknotes, that rarity can come from many things. It could be the number of notes initially printed, the number currently still in existence, a particular date or signature, a note in really super condition, an error made on very few notes, or a serial number that while not "rare" in the same sense as these other things, is "fancy" enough to make the note stand out from the rest. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not all collectors will stress all of the above in their collections, based their our own priorities and financial wherewithal. For example I don't collect serial numbers, but if you offered me one of two identically perfect notes with the same date and signatures at the same price, and one was serial 593745659 and one was serial 00000001, you bet I would want the second one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 8272190, member: 17469"]I'll take a shot at your question, even though I'm not a collector of serial numbers. Collectors always want to collect something that's rare, or that few other people have. With banknotes, that rarity can come from many things. It could be the number of notes initially printed, the number currently still in existence, a particular date or signature, a note in really super condition, an error made on very few notes, or a serial number that while not "rare" in the same sense as these other things, is "fancy" enough to make the note stand out from the rest. Not all collectors will stress all of the above in their collections, based their our own priorities and financial wherewithal. For example I don't collect serial numbers, but if you offered me one of two identically perfect notes with the same date and signatures at the same price, and one was serial 593745659 and one was serial 00000001, you bet I would want the second one.[/QUOTE]
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