Matching numbers

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Personally if I find a matching serial number and I can pick it up for a reasonable price I will take it but whether or not it is worth it to anyone else is a different story.  Bottom line is if you like it, can afford it, and want it, buy it.
I would not want to overpay for something that I only bought to speculate with and then get stuck with it.
But this is only my opinion.  I'm sure others here have theirs'




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I have stumbled across a banknote that is for sale on (I don't think I'm allowed to say the auction site....but it rhymes with b-kay) and it has the same serial number as a banknote that I have in my posession.  The one on the auction site is a 1937 $1 bill and I have a 1954 (modified) Replacement $2 bill.  Obviously the letter prefix is different but my hunch says buy the darn 1937 banknote as it would be rare to find to circulating bills withthe same serial number.  The serial number is greater than 1 million but less than 2 million so my math tells me that based on the Charlton catologue (19th version), between 1900 and the 2007 there were only 2359-ish opportunities to have the same serial number out of 23 billion banknotes (ouch my head hurts from calculating).  Is this a good find?

In my opinion; buy it. In my experience, it is difficult to assemble sets with matching serial numbers.

 Don Olmstead has a set of matching $2 bird notes with the numbers EBX2634464 & EBZ2634464. They have been for sale for quite awhile with an asking price of $575.

 I have a few sets and one of my favorites is EGR 2000041 and BRX 3440041. They are not matched numbers but they are both the 42nd Bonin/ Thiessen $2 notes printed one a regular issue and the other a replacement.

The cost of a 1937 $1 should be quite low and well worth it to have a matched set.

Here is a link about this subject and as you can see there are many collectors that try and put sets together.

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=3326.0

The two notes that started this thread were sold on ebay.

The $5 ANA0000081 sold for $36.80 U.S.

The $2 EBN0000081 sold for $30.68 U.S. They were both sold to the same bidder.

Good deal I'd say.