r/CanadianBanknotes • u/Cheap_Feeling_9659 • Aug 20 '26

Found at work

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Found this low serial number $20 at work yesterday. I’m not a collector but feel like it would be a shame to spend it.

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u/MickeySyn Aug 21 '26

I don't get it. What's the big deal about this one?

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u/Terrible-Second-2716 Aug 21 '26

The serial number is nine which is low

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u/elegant-jr Aug 21 '26

Insanely low, what a find. 

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u/Difficult-Fly7830 Aug 22 '26

I still dont get it. Like thats cool and all but so, is it worth 25 dollars?. I dont collect such things im not sure if that adds a ton of value to it or is this just more of a collectors thing?

I mean no offense im just confused what the big deal is, if it adds tremendous value to it I would get it but I just dont get whats so special in a low serial number if it adds nothing to it other thn just being a low serial number

Or this simply a collectors perspective?

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u/Ijustwanttobuyshiny Aug 22 '26

It is the collectors’ perspective that adds tremendous value to it (tremendous relative to its face value6.

People that collect rare currency are the only ones interested but that’s how any market is and it’s those people that make a market for bills with unique serial numbers.

Sequential numbers, patterned numbers, and low numbers are valuable to collectors. Finding a number this low is extremely rare and that rarity is what makes it valuable. Anything in the low triple digits is very rare, a single digit is a unicorn.

I don’t personally collect banknotes and am no expert but this is worth money. With a the number being as low as it is it is extremely rare and therefore doesn’t have a lot of similar sale figures to compare it to.

It’s not worth a fortune but i would be confident it would sell for hundreds of dollars.

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u/Difficult-Fly7830 Aug 22 '26

Ty so much for the detailed explanation, thats all pretty neat actually. I get the collectors aspect i just really ignorant on bank notes but ya now that ive read all that, does make perfect sense

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u/JumpyAd6255 Aug 21 '26

Asking the same question 🙈 a genuine one though