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Title: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Hudson A B on April 13, 2006, 11:12:57 am

Hi all, I went through a large number of 1979 notes over the while, and I found one like this: look at the 6 and the 9.  Instead of rounded tips, they are parallell with the cut of the note (pointed).  All the other ones had rounded tips on the 6s and 9s.

Any thoughts?

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Hudson A B on April 14, 2006, 06:31:59 pm

Looking for some guidance, otherwise this thing is going back to the bank en quest for Journey $10 lost prefixes!   Please anyone help me out on this. lol ;)

Huds

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: BWJM on April 14, 2006, 07:28:01 pm

For those of us who have all our 1979 notes in our safety deposit boxes, do you have a few others that you can scan, preferably a little clearer and larger please?

I seem to have missed this post yesterday, otherwise I might have responded earlier.

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Seth on April 14, 2006, 07:50:02 pm

Here's a scan from one of my 1979 fives, showing the 9 to have a rounded tip.  Hudson's scan may be a little fuzzy but it certainly shows sharper points on the 6 and 9 than mine.

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: BWJM on April 14, 2006, 08:06:19 pm

I'm thinking perhaps that CBN might have had very slightly different numbers than BABN... but I have nothing to support this. More scans are of course necessary to see if we can find a pattern.

Maybe a few numbering machines had sharp points, and the rest blunt... who knows?

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Hudson A B on April 14, 2006, 09:27:38 pm

Thats exactly the difference I am talking about - thanks for the scans of other notes... the roundedness is what is different on mine.  It really stood out.  Hmmm....

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Seth on April 15, 2006, 11:51:09 am

Look also at the 4s in the two scans.  Yours shows a flat-topped four, and mine seems to be rounded.  

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Manada on April 15, 2006, 01:40:55 pm

Well actually if you look closely, every single number on Hudsons note is sharp or pointed, and every number in Seths is rounded.

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Hudson A B on April 15, 2006, 06:05:45 pm

Maybe this is some kind of variety?  
 Anyway, I got a PM from another member:
"
Don Roebuck seems to have established that wear on the numbering machines can result in the little differences, so maybe they don't mean much.  Whether that applies to your $20 I don't know, but have a suspicion it could. "

Could be, could be, but... It seems way too precise (the differences). Perhaps this was done before the Bird Series and got new style numbers. Did they have to replace tumblers ever?   Hmmm... I just want to make sure I didn't spend it yet.

Maybe they put in new tumblers and in doing do, replaced some of the numbers...?

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Zatsta on April 15, 2006, 10:58:11 pm

after looking over my 1979's, I came to this:

out of about 20 notes ($5 + $20), only three had pointed numerals.

All 3 were $20
all 3 were T-C
all 3 were CBN

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: BWJM on April 15, 2006, 11:16:29 pm

Ah ha! A pattern! Jolly good sleuthing, my dear Watson! :D

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Hudson A B on April 16, 2006, 03:58:16 am

Mine is a Theissen Crow $20 also.
Are there $20 Theissen Crow's with rounded numbers at all?

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Manada on April 16, 2006, 10:59:30 am

Here's a 1979 $20 T-C with rounded numbers.  BABN

Title: Re: Pointed vs blunt numbers 1979 series
Post by: Hudson A B on April 16, 2006, 05:04:32 pm

Interesting.... I wonder if there is a known changeover point(s)?