[can.general] TA DA: $5 with NO number on back!

tony@oha.UUCP (Tony Olekshy) (01/16/89)

I have been following the ``little numbers on Canadian bills'' thread, and
have found a $5 bill that does not have a number on the back (E0G6035885,
1986).  I have some with numbers, so I know where they are supposed to be. 
Careful examination by myself and others (with a 30x loupe) has shown both
that there is no such underlined-two-digit anywhere on the back, and that the
bill looks pretty good otherwise (it's not an obvious forgery).

So, does this mean that:

    1) these numbers are a new or old phenomenon,
    2) this bill is a forgery (my first, to the archives it goes),
    3) I have a genuine misprint (how much is it worth?), or
    4) there is something else we don't know about the numbers?

Yours, etc., Tony Olekshy (...!alberta!oha!tony or tony@oha.UUCP).

acton@hitest.cs.ubc.ca (Donald Acton) (01/17/89)

In article <297@oha.UUCP> tony@oha.UUCP (Tony Olekshy) writes:
}I have been following the ``little numbers on Canadian bills'' thread, and
}have found a $5 bill that does not have a number on the back (E0G6035885,
}1986).  

Well, here is my $5 worth. Last week when this first came out I checked the
fives I had and only one of the three I had had a number. On the 
weekend I was to a bank machine and was given 4 brand new fives with 
consecutive serial numbers. All of these bills have the same number on 
them, 29.  Maybe someone should phone the Bank of Canada and get the
definitive answer on what these numbers, or the lack of them mean. 

Donald Acton



PPI have some with numbers, so I know where they are supposed to be. 
}Careful examination by myself and others (with a 30x loupe) has shown both
}that there is no such underlined-two-digit anywhere on the back, and that the
}bill looks pretty good otherwise (it's not an obvious forgery).
}
}So, does this mean that:
}
}    1) these numbers are a new or old phenomenon,
}    2) this bill is a forgery (my first, to the archives it goes),
}    3) I have a genuine misprint (how much is it worth?), or
}    4) there is something else we don't know about the numbers?
}
}Yours, etc., Tony Olekshy (...!alberta!oha!tony or tony@oha.UUCP).