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Message:: [QUOTE="Notaphylic_C, post: 26223113, member: 130786"]First, sorry if this seems a bit off-topic since this has been my experience in Canada (& not the US). In 1978, I worked at a carwash & caught a few asterisk replacements such as this one:[ATTACH]1674778[/ATTACH] I found a few ONES as well but all were circulated & had very little premium whereas the *RE was the best of the bunch (& I sold my best on eBay years ago to upgrade my sets).  And since that time, I've always been checking my cash.  In fact, I started recycling cash (changing high denoms for low denoms) in 2003, after noticing that our <a href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0102.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0102.htm" rel="nofollow">Journey banknotes</a> (last paper series) weren't holding up well. In 2010, I caught a few HPF replacements (called "inserts") on 1 of my  "brick" (10 stacks/ or 1000 note) withdrawals. The bank no longer signified a replacement with an X but just inserted other prefixes for replacement function. Here's a snap of three I got:[ATTACH]1674779[/ATTACH] I never really was keen on the "inserts."  I was mostly on the lookout for "Fancy" or special serials.  Here's a $5.00 solid radar that I got from my Lotto change which really shocked me:[ATTACH=full]1674780[/ATTACH] I also got a "0002000" polymer Five which I have found much more difficult than the other 2 digit radars.  After I got the solid FIVE (above) I stopped going to the banks & bothering them with the "recycle cash" procedure. The odds of finding some great serial # just seemed astronomical & banking staff were getting near hostile (no matter how much I treated them to donuts, etc).[/QUOTE]

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