Birthday notes

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So what would you call a note that has 1975XXX  Is that regarded as a birthyear note or not.

Polarbear

There seems to be alot of confusion about "Birthyear" notes.

A birthyear note (N7) MUST have the first three digits all zero, such as "S/X 0001984". These notes DO sell for a reasonable premium and are quite hard to find. I would say in fact that the charlton values are on the low side. Anything else, call it what you like, isn't listed in the Charlton catalogue, and most likely isn't worth any premium at all.

h_p

Would anyone consider this a birth year note? I have 10 new $5's with serial #'s AOM 1919050-1919059. If you take the 1905 part than the last digit 1-9 and the first 2 digits 19. Would it be still considred a birth year note?

or you could say the year 1919 month 05 day 9

Thanks.

Would anyone consider this a birth year note? I have 10 new $5's with serial #'s AOM 1919050-1919059. If you take the 1905 part than the last digit 1-9 and the first 2 digits 19. Would it be still considred a birth year note?

h_p and Mikesonfire clearly documented that a birthyear note must be XXX1954  or 0001937.  They are somewhat rare and hard to find, so a dealer might be interested in a birthyear note...but hardly a highly subjective number like a birthday note.

The most popular birth year notes often are notes with the same year as when a note was issued.  So for 1954 or 1937 series the two above numbers would apply.  If you were born in 1962 you might want a 0001962.  If you're a "Journey junkie"... you might want 0002001 (or 0002000 radar for the purest) for the $10 and 0002002 for the $5.00.  

or if your daughter was born in 2005,  2005 would be super special  Ha Ha.  Had to fit it in if I could James.  Ah to be crazy

Cheers

Polarbear

So what would you call a note that has 1975XXX  Is that regarded as a birthyear note or not.

Polarbear

There seems to be alot of confusion about "Birthyear" notes.

A birthyear note (N7) MUST have the first three digits all zero, such as "S/X 0001984". These notes DO sell for a reasonable premium and are quite hard to find. I would say in fact that the charlton values are on the low side. Anything else, call it what you like, isn't listed in the Charlton catalogue, and most likely isn't worth any premium at all.

h_p

I wondered about that too. As the last three digits for zeros like AOR 2005000 or if the public uses up a lot of Prefixes to APR 2005000 or even MAY 2005000. The Prefix could play a role in the date. JAN, FEB, JUL, NOV, DEC, etc. Hmmm, why does that MAY date ring a bell?

PD

JAN
FEB was used (Journey $10)
MAR
APR is potentially for a Journey $5
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG was used (Birds $2).
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC