gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) (01/13/89)
I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small 2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. I only have 3 notes at hand and I've had a 42, a 43 and a 45. Can anyone tell me what it is? Gordon
wain@seacbc.UUCP (Wain Dobson) (01/14/89)
In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes: >I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of >the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small >2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. On a $1 it appears below the 1 in the upper right corner. On a $2 it appears below the foor of first robin from the right On a $10 it appears below the right leg of X in DIX. If it were a book printed before 1800, or so, I would assume that it is a press number. -- Wain Dobson ...!{uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!tessera!seacbc!wain
majka@moose.cs.ubc.ca (Marc Majka) (01/14/89)
In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes:
+I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of
+the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small
+2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. I only have 3 notes at hand
+and I've had a 42, a 43 and a 45. Can anyone tell me what it is?
+
+Gordon
This is fascinating! I would like to do a survey of this notation on
the backs of $5 notes. Please send me all your $5 notes. I will
summarize and post my results to the net.
:-) :-) :-)
Marc Majkaandytoy@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Andy Toy, Applications Support Group) (01/14/89)
In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes: >I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of >the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small >2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. I only have 3 notes at hand >and I've had a 42, a 43 and a 45. Can anyone tell me what it is? Hey, you're right. I just found the numbers 10 and 17 on the fives that I have. They are underlined and in the same blue colour as the bill. I would speculate that it may be the position of the note on the plate. I also noticed that there are numbers on the other side as well just above the word "LE'GAL". The numbers are 30 and 24 respectively. -- Andy Toy, Department of Computing Services, andytoy@watdcsu.UWaterloo.CA University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA andytoy@watdcsu.waterloo.edu 519/885-1211 x3417 ...!watmath!watdcsu!andytoy andytoy@watdcsu.NetNorth
trivia@watcsc.uucp (Dave Nuttall) (01/15/89)
In article <170@seacbc.UUCP> wain@seacbc.UUCP (Wain Dobson) writes: >On a $1 it appears below the 1 in the upper right corner. >On a $2 it appears below the foor of first robin from the right >On a $10 it appears below the right leg of X in DIX. > >If it were a book printed before 1800, or so, I would assume that it is a press >number. That's pretty much what they are. I noticed them about 10 years ago on a $1 and found for them on all the other bills. You won't find any numbers bigger than 20 on the hundred. I caught a conterfeit bill because the counter-fitter left out the press numbers. It's something that you can easily overlook when trying to reproduce the thing, and its not usually not something that you notice when the bill is given to you. -- David Nuttall trivia@watcsc.UUCP "Your tardy cleric casually pulls open the door that the thief has been working on, unsuccessfully, for the last five minutes."-AD&D(c) Campain
kevin@perle.UUCP (Kevin Pickard) (01/15/89)
In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes: >I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of >the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small >2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. I only have 3 notes at hand >and I've had a 42, a 43 and a 45. Can anyone tell me what it is? > >Gordon Actually I have noticed this on both the front and back of all the bill denominations. Sampling: $2 front - Just above 'G' in 'THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER'. back - Approximately 1" from left at base of grass. $5 front - Just above third 'E' in 'CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL'. back - Just to right of first tree (as described above). $10 front - Just below 'D' in 'DEPUTY GOVERNOR'. back - At lower right corner of 'DIX' (top left of bill). $20 front - Approximately 1" from left at base of bill. back - Just to the right of 'TWENTY' (top left of bill). And now some trivia questions for the suitably bored. How many times do the words "Bank Of Canada" (or "Banque du Canada") appear on the new style (ie. $2 and $5) bills? (Hint: Answer is greater than two) And along similar lines, how many times does the digit '2' (or '5') appear on these same bills? Do not count digits contained within the serial number or within the interesting anomalies discussed above. (Hint: Answer is greater than four) -- ----------- ~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------- | o o | Kevin Pickard | . | UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!perle!kevin -------^^^-----------^^^------------------------------------------------------
pt@geovision.uucp (Paul Tomblin) (01/16/89)
In article <170@seacbc.UUCP> wain@seacbc.UUCP (Wain Dobson) writes: >In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes: >>[about little numbers on $5 notes/bills] >[other numbers on other bills] I just checked some bills in my pocket, and found that there is a DIFFERENT number on the front. I think that kills the theory about it being position on the plate. My theory is it's a CRC check on the serial number :-) -- Paul Tomblin, Second Officer, Golgafrinchan B Ark | o o Are we UUCP: nrcaer!cognos!geovision!pt ?? | v having Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here aren't | \_/ fun, yet? necessarily even mine! |
rae@geaclib.UUCP (Reid Ellis) (01/17/89)
kevin@perle.UUCP (Kevin Pickard) writes: | How many times do the words "Bank Of Canada" (or |"Banque du Canada") appear on the new style (ie. $2 and $5) |bills? (Hint: Answer is greater than two) | | And along similar lines, how many times does the digit |'2' (or '5') appear on these same bills? Do not count |digits contained within the serial number or within the |interesting anomalies discussed above. (Hint: Answer is |greater than four) Well, I estimate at about 15-20 for "Bank of Canada" and oh, around 7000 "2"s. Now, for a truly trivial question, how about the name of the Macintosh application used to render the 2's pattern? [I once saw a zero-dollar bill test] Hint: it was written by a Toronto firm. I would guess that the same software did the "Bank of Canada" and "Banque du Canada" patterns, as well as similar patterns on the 5. Reid -- Reid Ellis geaclib!rae@geac.uucp
ruth@radio.astro.utoronto.ca (Ruth Milner) (01/18/89)
In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes:
+I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of
+the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small
+2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. I only have 3 notes at hand
+and I've had a 42, a 43 and a 45. Can anyone tell me what it is?
+
+Gordon
I just checked 3 $5 bills, and I found a 25, a 37, and a 45. I also
looked very closely at one of the new $2 bills, and I found a 62 down
at the bottom edge of the grass, just above and to the left of the first
set of numbers.
My guess is these are plate numbers. What do other people think?ruth@radio.astro.utoronto.ca (Ruth Milner) (01/18/89)
In article <170@seacbc.UUCP> wain@seacbc.UUCP (Wain Dobson) writes: >On a $2 it appears below the foor of first robin from the right Better look again, or get new glasses :-). On my $2 this is just a blob, probably supposed to be a pebble.
mike@iotek.UUCP (Mike Thompson) (01/19/89)
I just tried calling the Bank of Canada here in Halifax and
they couldn't shed any light on this buring question. Maybe
someone living in Winnipeg could call the Canadian Mint (I think
that that is where the Mint is) and find out from them.
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