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Special => Insert & Replacement Notes => Topic started by: mmars on July 15, 2014, 05:38:24 pm
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I have been collecting data on *FV asterisk notes, mostly from online sources, for the past couple of years. Here is my "register" of notes recorded:
*fv 6120232 Charlton 5th-23rd LOW
*fv 6124558 Unc eBay
*fv 6134269 "Unc Gem" eBay
*fv 6141092 circulated eBay (Dec 2012)
*fv 6142095 circulated eBay (Dec 2012)
*fv 6143092 circulated eBay (Dec 2012)
*fv 6191866 "VF" eBay (Mar 2013)
*fv 6197431 circ eBay (Feb 2014)
*fv 6205424 Fine+ private collection
*fv 6216645 GUnc CPM forum post
*fv 6220568 unknown eBay
*fv 6245365 circ eBay (Apr 2013)
*fv 6265971 circulated eBay (Dec 2012)
*fv 6272275 "GUnc" ebay
*fv 6274421 Unc Gatewest auctions (Nov 2013)
*fv 6274422 Unc Gatewest auctions (Nov 2013)
*fv 6295244 circ eBay (May 2013)
*fv 6296588 "AU+/Unc" eBay
*fv 6296589 "AU" eBay (Aug 2013)
*fv 6319036 circ eBay (May 2013)
*fv 6324384 GUnc CPM forum post
*fv 6328825 Unc eBay
*fv 6328826 Unc eBay
*fv 6328827 Unc eBay
*fv 6328828 Unc eBay
*fv 6328829 Unc eBay
*fv 6328830 Unc eBay
*fv 6328831 Unc eBay
*fv 6328832 Unc eBay
*fv 6328834 CCCS Unc-65 eBay
*fv 6341293 Fine edge tr private collection
*fv 6348547 VF private collection
*fv 6351012 Fine eBay (Jan 2014)
*fv 6355552 VF private collection
*fv 6375010 circ eBay (Apr 2014)
*fv 6378152 VF private collection
*fv 6386846 VF+ private collection
*fv 6426645 F-VF private collection
*fv 6428574 "Unc" eBay (Jan 2014)
*fv 6433617 AU eBay (Mar 2013)
*fv 6446764 VF+ eBay (Mar 2013)
*fv 6448990 VF-EF private collection
*fv 6458982 AU? eBay (Jun 2013)
*fv 6458983 EF? eBay (Sep 2013)
*fv 6488655 EF (stain) eBay (Jun 2014)
*fv 6518364 circ eBay (Apr 2014)
*fv 7002122 "Unc" eBay (Jul 2012)
*fv 7020728 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020729 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020730 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020731 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020732 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020733 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020734 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020735 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020736 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020737 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020738 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020739 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020740 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020741 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020742 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020743 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020744 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020745 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020746 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7020747 Unc? CPM forum post
*fv 7021407 Unc eBay
*fv 7021408 Unc eBay
*fv 7021409 Unc eBay
*fv 7021410 Unc eBay
*fv 7045585 circ eBay (Jun 2014)
*fv 7057351 VF private collection
*fv 7064295 Charlton 5th HIGH
*fv 7066450 Charlton 9th-23rd HIGH
Some observations and comparisons with the previously posted *AN research (http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=14372.0)...
Just like replacement prefix *AN, the serial numbers for prefix *FV suggest a split range. The lower range is from 6120000 to 6519999, a total of 400,000 notes, and is well defined by the register data. The upper range is anything above 7000000, and the boundaries are harder to define. I suspect that the upper range was not fully released such that notes were printed from 7000000 to 7079999, a total of 80,000, but the highest number recorded is 7066450, a number that really does not suggest a logical endpoint. Certain replacement prefixes from the 1954 and 1967 series notes have been shown to be less than completely released. The lower and upper *FV ranges may have been printed for separate purposes, just as I hypothesized for the *AN prefix where the larger range could be "star make-up notes" used by the printers and the smaller range is replacements used by the Bank of Canada.
Though the upper *FV range is small, quite a few notes have been recorded, including runs of consecutive uncirculated notes. This is in stark contrast to prefix *AN where no uncirculated notes were found in the smaller range (the highest grade is a consecutive pair of AU+ notes). So neither *FV range appears to be particularly scarce.
No *FV notes have been found in the range 6520000-6999999.
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Very interesting! Good job!!!
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As the owner of the run of 20 *FV notes, I can assure you they are all UNC. It would be interesting to see the prices realized on eBay.
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As the owner of the run of 20 *FV notes, I can assure you they are all UNC. It would be interesting to see the prices realized on eBay.
I don't doubt they are UNC, but I am a cynical person, and cynicism helps protect me from making spurious assumptions. Logic dictates that consecutive serial numbers makes it much more likely that the notes are Uncirculated, but that's not an absolute given. Consecutive notes stashed away without protection can get quite beaten up.
There is a consecutive trio of *FV notes over 7000000 on eBay, the same listing that has been repeated many times. Nobody is buying the notes at $45 apiece.