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...
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.
