What will be your New Year's Resolution for 2025?

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It is December 3rd, time passes so fast and Christmas is coming up and the year 2024. I would like to see what your New Year’s resolution will be for next year.

For me in terms of collecting banknotes I would like to find

- A low serial (under 1000) can be any series from circulation
- Any special serial number (2 digits radar, solid, etc)
- Low serial for the 2017 $10 series (Under 10K)
- Find a Macklem-Carney $5 in my change
- Find a BSW, CDF, AMK or any prefix that is hard to find in circulation

For coins I would like to find in my change

- Coloured 2017 Glow in the dark toonie
- Coloured 2018 Armistice Toonie
- 1991 Quarter (low mintage of 459,000)
- Any coin that has a date of 2017 (Expect any Commemorative Coin)
- 2015 Canada & Poppy quarter coloured
- 2017 Hope for a green future quarter coloured
- 2009 Men/Woman/Cindy Klassen quarter coloured
- Coloured 2021 Insulin Toonie

That is all my resolution for the new years. I would like to hear your thoughts as I started collecting 3 years ago

Edit: I forget to add I would like to enter 5-10K notes into the SNDB by the end of 2025

In 2024 I was able to obtain two Dominion 1923 $1 notes and one 1935 English $1 note, all AU with great eye appeal and at reasonable prices. But these are the easiest notes to find from these series, aside from shinplasters.

For 2025, I'd like to keep the ball rolling, but moving on to French notes, and/or going up in denomination, and/or back in time with the Dominion notes. This will force me to make some really tough decisions in balancing condition vs. price. If I'm lucky I'll find some notes in the VF/EF range with the Orig/EPQ/PPQ designation and really good eye appeal. I'll be happy if I can obtain 1 or 2 such notes next year.

At the same time, keeping an eye on modern notes. It's possible we may see Rogers-Macklem $50s at some point. And some more Lane-Macklem $20 prefixes. And there's always minor intrigue with some of those Desmond $10 prefixes too.

For 2025, I would like to fill a few holes in my signature and prefix collections but my biggest goal is to NOT start a new collection!

My bank account has had enough of my antics 

Yes.  We need to resist the temptation!  I always say I'm going to stop buying and then a "once in a lifetime" type of banknote or collection gets offered up and I convince myself that I just can't pass it by.  I need to join a rehab facility for numismatists!

In 2024 I was able to obtain two Dominion 1923 $1 notes and one 1935 English $1 note, all AU with great eye appeal and at reasonable prices. But these are the easiest notes to find from these series, aside from shinplasters.

For 2025, I'd like to keep the ball rolling, but moving on to French notes, and/or going up in denomination, and/or back in time with the Dominion notes. This will force me to make some really tough decisions in balancing condition vs. price. If I'm lucky I'll find some notes in the VF/EF range with the Orig/EPQ/PPQ designation and really good eye appeal. I'll be happy if I can obtain 1 or 2 such notes next year.

At the same time, keeping an eye on modern notes. It's possible we may see Rogers-Macklem $50s at some point. And some more Lane-Macklem $20 prefixes. And there's always minor intrigue with some of those Desmond $10 prefixes too.

I was looking at the SNDB  for the Viola $10 and for the FFB prefix, I see no bills were released in the range of 0-537K, 720K to 1.441M and 2.50M to 3.71M. My guess is the FFB prefix was highlighted in the media press and most likely weren't released into circulation.

I can't wait for the Lane-Macklem and maybe Rogers-Macklem $20. Also the $50 HHH prefix I am excited for to be released into circulation.


AL-Bob I feel like I spend too much money on coins and banknotes just as many collectors say. I don't buy on Ebay anymore because the prices are just insane and instead buy in person.

rxcory I wish you good luck in your collection and the other people who responded to this thread

My New Year's resolutions for 2025 include:

1.  Improving the organization of notes in my collection.
2.  Obtaining a BSW prefix polymer $20
3.  Continuing to hunt the banks for more treasures.

Dean

I need to join a rehab facility for numismatists!

You and me both!

It is December 3rd, time passes so fast and Christmas is coming up and the year 2024. I would like to see what your New Year’s resolution will be for next year.

For me in terms of collecting banknotes I would like to find

- A low serial (under 1000) can be any series from circulation
- Any special serial number (2 digits radar, solid, etc)
- Low serial for the 2017 $10 series (Under 10K)
- Find a Macklem-Carney $5 in my change
- Find a BSW, CDF, AMK or any prefix that is hard to find in circulation

For coins I would like to find in my change

That is all my resolution for the new years. I would like to hear your thoughts as I started collecting 3 years ago

Edit: I forget to add I would like to enter 5-10K notes into the SNDB by the end of 2025

I think it's fun to have a few collector goals. I would do it - if I thought it would help but I'm just as "incurable" as @q60driver & @AL-Bob & others out there. I'm not sure it would help me much.

A "CDF" prefix from 2017 Commemorative TENS should be attainable.  Not sure about the BSW $20 or AMK $50 though. It took me 5-6 years of searching thousands before I found one (in poor condition). When I searched FIFTIES I rarely came across AMG & have never set eyes on an AMK (other then what I have seen. posted). Low # are below 1000 & its great you want to help add notes to this site's SNDB. 

Happy hunting everyone!

My New Year's resolutions for 2025 include:

1.  Improving the organization of notes in my collection.
2.  Obtaining a BSW prefix polymer $20
3.  Continuing to hunt the banks for more treasures.

Dean

Dean I wish you good luck on your hunt for the next years. Also I have noticed that you haven’t posted any finds on the Dean’s Find thread. I wonder if the banks you are going to didn’t have any old banknotes lately?

TN56

I think it's fun to have a few collector goals. I would do it - if I thought it would help but I'm just as "incurable" as @q60driver & @AL-Bob & others out there. I'm not sure it would help me much.

A "CDF" prefix from 2017 Commemorative TENS should be attainable.  Not sure about the BSW $20 or AMK $50 though. It took me 5-6 years of searching thousands before I found one (in poor condition). When I searched FIFTIES I rarely came across AMG & have never set eyes on an AMK (other then what I have seen. posted). Low # are below 1000 & its great you want to help add notes to this site's SNDB. 

Happy hunting everyone!

Hello WTTW, as a new collector having collector goals is very fun.

I still find it a bit hard to find the CDF prefix but it’s not that hard to find it considering the amount of CDF entry in the SNDB. My Scotiabank recently introduced $10 withdraws near my house and I found many short-runs FFE and CDF prefix from the ATM. In my two years of collecting. I never found a BSW & AMG/AMK in circulation, I wonder what are the chances of finding a serial number under 1000? I hope a lot of people will start entering into the SNDB because the data looks very interesting to look at.

TN56