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Message:: [QUOTE="Notaphylic_C, post: 8272233, member: 130786"]Welcome to Paper Money forum of "Coin Talk" [USER=5529]@Robin[/USER] - [USER=17469]@Dave M[/USER] sums it up perfectly & then adds his own perspective since he's not a collector of special serial numbers. When I started to attend the odd coin show only a few dealers offered banknotes for sale in the GTA region (southern Ontario, Canada) 20 years ago.  I heard a few collectors say that note had a fancy # in a mocking tone (like it was "close but no cigar") & then heard the term again online several years later. At that time it meant a number special only to a few collectors. The reason was very few people collected birthday notes, area code & other 'binary' (etc) fancy serial #.  On the other hand, Special Serial numbers were becoming very popular & the catalogues had a section for these. Low serials (under 1000), radars, ladders & million # notes were about it. I like your note's 2 digit serial number but I wouldn't call it a binary (binaries are 1 & 0) nor call it 'special' so it wouldn't be on my radar. Some might call it 'fancy' & be tempted to collect (or acquire) it though. As [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] notes, the whole note is considered & the condition is sort of like location for real estate (pretty paramount) to most.  But its a pretty cool find & I know I would be keeping it ($1) if it were me.[/QUOTE]