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With a quick google, there is more information on the web regarding the use of the stamp "lesbian money" or "gay money" as a form of protest/rebellion/political statement. I wonder if your "LM" stamped note has more of a story than you know!??

Regarding FPN/BPNs Thanks for the response.  It is very interesting and not something I've seen on-line, or noticed in the CGPM!  Wondering if there was a definitive year that they made this change, or was it perhaps phased out/in over time?

Regarding FPN/BPNs Thanks for the response.  It is very interesting and not something I've seen on-line, or noticed in the CGPM!  Wondering if there was a definitive year that they made this change, or was it perhaps phased out/in over time?

The change from plate numbers to position numbers occurred roughly in the early 1980s although no specific date has been determined, and it may have occurred at slightly different times for different denominations and printers.

When the printing technique changed from steel engraved to lithograph, new technology & equipment was used and wouldn’t it make sense that a new marking process was also introduced at that time using position numbers?

If that’s the case then the changeovers for the tiny numbers have already been determined EAK, AFF, etc…

When the printing technique changed from steel engraved to lithograph, new technology & equipment was used and wouldn’t it make sense that a new marking process was also introduced at that time using position numbers?

If that’s the case then the changeovers for the tiny numbers have already been determined EAK, AFF, etc…

I don't know if the two changeovers were aligned like that.  Possible but I haven't researched it.

I haven't researched it.

If not you, then who?
It’s been forty years get cracking!   

November 17th find:

A $1000 note…from Fairview Mall?

I got this $1000 from one of my banks today.  The teller said that she saved it for me specifically because I had asked her to keep any $1000 notes that came in.

The note is not in collectable condition.  There is writing on the face, a tear repaired by tape, and some missing planchettes.  But what’s really interesting is that someone (or several people) wrote what appear to be account numbers on the back margins of the note.  Could these numbers be charge account numbers for a store in Fairview Mall?


5500060-8532

R.F. Edwards
E1 878 65834 70128

Fairview Mall - 31563.76


Fairview Mall is located on Sheppard Ave and Don Mills Rd. in North York, now part of Toronto.  The mall opened in 1970.



Enjoy!
Dean

November 17th mail call:

I bought these two 1954 notes and they arrived today.

The $20 has the date Apr 6 1959 stamped between the serial numbers.

And the $5 has “900.00” in old fashioned cursive number script written on the front.

Enjoy!

Dean

November 18th finds, part 1:

Sometimes the most interesting notes are those that have “been around the block” a few times.

There were a number of interesting notes in the lot I picked up yesterday.

This group of three $1s are typical of notes being used as scratch paper, with various quantities written on them.

The next two notes were cherished possessions, probably taking up residence in someone’s wallet for a very long time.  The notes are worn, but also very smooth, indicating that they have been pressed.  You can see that some of the dyes from the leather wallets has transferred to the paper.

And this note has a faint teller stamp on it…

38062-010

A Google search reveals this information:

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Laurentian Bank of Canada)
Parkdale & Melvin Banking Centre
251 Parkdale Ave N.
Hamilton, Ontario
L8H 5X6

There’s so much information on these old notes…

Enjoy!
Dean

November 18th finds, part 2:

This note is autographed by someone to his friend:

“To my buddy Fred
Dany”

This 2-letter prefix note has been altered (badly) to an asterisk replacement note.  🤣🤣🤣
It’s obvious that whomever altered this note knew something of replacement notes and what to look for at the time, but their efforts won’t fool anyone! 

This last note has been printed inconspicuously with the words “Boston Sucks” on opposite sides of the face of this note.

The letters are very clean.  Was it printed using a stencil or a stamp?  Maybe it was done with a laser printer?
In any case, it’s an amusing note.🤣

Enjoy!
Dean

November 24th finds:

$20s with a story…

I found a few $20s yesterday with bank teller stamps on them.  Here are the details:

Note #1:
Has the transit number 05222 and part of “The Toronto Dominion Bank”
A quick search reveals that this branch is:
TD Bank
500 Glencairn Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M6B 1Z1

Note #2:
Has very little information, but judging by the font of the stamp, I think it is also from The Toronto Dominion Bank and it was stamped somewhere in Toronto, from the partial “TO…” visible in the bottom left.

Note #3:
Has a faint red stamp with the institution number 002, which is The Bank of Nova Scotia and a partial transit number 814…

When I looked up the Scotiabank master list of transit numbers, I think this note came from this branch:
81489-002
9927 100 St.
Morinville AB
T8R 1R4

Note #4:
Has a partial stamp “BRIN…TD.”
I think it stands for Brink’s Ltd, an armoured car company used to deliver notes and coins to the banks.

Enjoy!
Dean

December 1st find:

This 1954 $10 has the number 8302 stamped in black ink on the back.
What’s interesting is that the stamped numbers appear to have the same font as the red serial numbers on 1935, 1937 and 1954 issue notes.

Enjoy!
Dean

December 3rd find:

One of the US $2s I picked up today had an inscription on it.

It says:

“To Trevor, from Grandpa Roy”.

I often wonder why notes like this are not kept; it’s such a personal message.

Enjoy!
Dean

December 3rd finds, Part 1:

I picked these notes out of dealer’s junk piles today.

The 1974 $2 has been in the sun for too long.  There’s hardly any design left!

The 1973 $1 has a red teller stamp, but no useful information is contained.

Another 1973 $1 has the figure 910– written in the top left, presumably for $910?

And this birds $2 appears to have offset ink from a 1973 $1; presumably from being stored next to one for an extended period of time.

Finally, this birds $2 has a partial bank stamp on it that reads …”23 1996” for the 23rd day of some month in 1996…the year the $2 note was discontinued.

Enjoy!
Dean

December 3rd finds, part 2:

This 1979 $5 has the “pink stamp of death” on it.  It is very hard to read, but I can see faint details.

01112-003
The Royal Bank of Canada
Peterborough Independent Business Centre
401 George St. North
Peterborough, Ontario
K9J 6Y8

It also has a very blurry date of 02/09/1988…I think…

This 1954 $20 has a red stamp, but unlike the 1979 $5, this stamp is crystal clear.

It reads
Yonge & Cummer
01682
Willowdale, Ont.

A Google search shows a TD branch at Yonge & Drewery/Cummer, but it is not associated with the number stamped on this note.

This 1973 $1 has a stamp for the Black Diamond Riders motorcycle club, dated 1978.



Enjoy!
Dean