Uncut Pairs

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Hi,

   What are uncut pairs (2 notes) worth these days? I can't seem to find a section in Charlton of what they would be worth.... Any insight would be great. 1973 1$ bills, 1986 2$ bills etc...

-Chris

Beware "uncut" pairs from the modern series.
They will most certainly be cut from sheets of 40 that were sold by the Bank of Canada.
They have been marketed and sold by dealers for years at inflated prices.
Charlton catalogues will probably never list them because they are novelty items.
I would not buy them.
If one were to consider buying any, I would put them perhaps in the area of $10 per pair.

Even if they were cut from sheets that were worth a bit more? Say sheets that were worth 700$ for AU condition etc...?

-Chris

Hi,

   What are uncut pairs (2 notes) worth these days? I can't seem to find a section in Charlton of what they would be worth.... Any insight would be great. 1973 1$ bills, 1986 2$ bills etc...

-Chris

Charlton's doesn't mention the value of partial sheets of 1973 $1 notes. However it does say that partial sheets of the 1986 $2 can be pro-rated at 1/40 of a full sheet per note.  So an uncut pair would be valued at 2/40 of a full sheet.

yes, if the sheets were the scarer prefix, or radars, etc., they would be worth relatively more.

They are relatively easy to obtain on eBay...  I have the 1973 $1 in question (run of the mill prefix), bird series $2 and $10...  Tried to get the $5, but prices were too high.  Only get them if it's cheap enough to do so.  As I thought they were cool novelties, I got them.  Don't think I'd want to go nuts on it, and didn't want a full sheet.

Again, because they're easily found for the $1 and $2... Check eBay for prices.  There are sheets of $1s going for not much over $100 bucks.  So, I guess they ain't worth all that much yet.  But, as people continue to clip the sheets apart, the sheets should increase in price as they would become more scarce?

But, as people continue to clip the sheets apart, the sheets should increase in price as they would become more scarce?

Common misconception that value is based on scarcity.  It's not.  For sheets to go up in value, there has to be a demand for them.  You can destroy 99% of the intact sheets out there and the price will not move if nobody wants sheets.