I have been accumulating a pile of CTC money ever since the new CTC gas bar and store opened up here in Kitchener. I've noticed that the serial numbers seem to be very well-mixed. Just in the small pile I've got, I've seen jumps like the following:
0003081078 $0.25
0003205707 $1.00
That's a difference of only ~125,000 notes.
I'm also noticing lots of serial numbers that start with 00--, 02--, 20--, 30--, 75-- and 99--. I've also got a couple older notes with letters at the beginning of the number. The ones I have start with A-, D- and Q-.
My questions are... What should I be looking out for in regards to serial numbers? Where are the changeover points for denominations, series and signatures? As in the 1979 BoC $5 and $20 notes having the first 4 digits representing the "prefix", what part of the CTC note serial numbers represent a "prefix"?
Thanks

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