This page updated: March 28, 2011 Previous Page Go to give-a-buck.com     Welcome to the CANADIAN NUMISMATIC INFORMATION CLOSET, an exclusive feature of GIVE-A-BUCK.COM. The opinions expressed in the essays and editorials below are those of the site author only. All essays and editorials are ORIGINAL CONTENT and have been offered for publication elsewhere only after appearing on this website. This is cutting edge numismatic research!! And above all, this is conclusive proof that I have absolutely no life. Please see the disclaimer below. Click here to tell me off! - - - * * * - - - NEW!! Eureka! Journey Series Layouts Revealed It took only ten years since the Journey series was issued for the physical layout of sheets to be discovered. Like everything else with this series, it's not what you expect! Position number data for Journey series notes This is the raw data that was the basis of my research into Journey series printing practices. Click the denomination you want: Five Dollars BC-67 prefixes AOF-AAD (updated January 12, 2011) Ten Dollars BC-68 prefixes BEU-BFH (updated January 17, 2011) Twenty Dollars BC-64 prefixes AYR-ARS Also check out my Wiki pages for mega-sequence boundaries! THE NOTE ENHANCEMENT BEFORE-AND-AFTER GALLERY! WITH THE MAJORITY OF COLLECTORS WANTING TO COLLECT NOTES IN ORIGINAL CONDITION, THIS SMALL IMAGE GALLERY WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR TURN WHITE! MANY RARE NOTES ARE SUBJECTED TO ALL KINDS OF ENHANCEMENTS TO MAKE THEM APPEAR BETTER AND GRADE HIGHER. SOMETIMES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO TRACK DOWN IMAGES OF RARE NOTES BEFORE THEY WERE ALTERED AND COMPARE THEM TO CURRENT PICTURES. THE P.M.G. IMAGE COLLECTION THE GRADING WIZARDS AT PAPER MONEY GUARANTY (P.M.G.) ARE SO BUSY TAKING OVER THE NUMISMATIC WORLD OF STANDARDIZED THIRD-PARTY GRADING, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO TELL US WHAT GRADING SYSTEM THEY USE! HERE IS A SMALL GALLERY OF CANADIAN NOTES SO YOU CAN TEST YOUR GRADING SKILLS VERSUS THE EXPERTS. (updated February 1, 2011) PREVIOUS EDITORIALS: Report from the Serial Number Database: Some Observations (December 25, 2010) Paper of Plastic? Journey Notes Have Some of Both (September 23, 2010) CBN-issued $100 Journey Notes: Evidence of a New 36/on Layout (September 21, 2010; REVISED December 20, 2011) New Layout for $20 Prefix AYR Proposed (May 24, 2010) The Decade in Canadian Paper Money 2000-2009: One Collector's Perspective (December 23, 2009) Why is BAI printing two sets of serial numbers on every sheet? Journey series "mini reams" explained (May 29, 2009) Journey series $20 note printed by CBN: position number layouts, serial numbers, and insert ranges (July 24, 2008) Fake Coins Are Here! (December 20, 2008) My prediction for how the economic downturn will impact collecting (October 24, 2008) Tackling the sheet and position number layouts of Journey series $20 notes (printed by BABN) (June 21, 2008) eBay's FOLLIES: THE BIASED FEEDBACK SYSTEM IS JUST A DISTRACTION FROM BIGGER PROBLEMS THAT COULD SINK THE SITE (June 3, 2008) COMPARING OLD AND NEW REPLACEMENT NOTES: NOT EVERY REPLACEMENT NOTE IS ISSUED LIKE A REPLACEMENT NOTE (April 19, 2008) ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE LAYOUT OF BABN UPGRADED JOURNEY SERIES NOTES (February 28, 2008) MODELLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF "MINI REAM" RANGES FOR THE UPGRADED JOURNEY SERIES $5. NOTE (BC-67) (August 23, 2007) MORE EDITORIALS... Essay: eBay's contributions to numismatic collecting. THIS GENERAL EDITORIAL ESSAY PROVIDES MAINLY INFORMATION ABOUT EBAY THAT MOST ONLINE AUCTION USERS ALREADY KNOW PLUS SOME STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. UPDATED JUNE 2006... "THE BUYERS' MENTALITY" SECTION HAS BEEN EXPANDED, AND THE ENTIRE ESSAY HAS BEEN PARSED TO FIT ONTO SEVERAL PAGES WITH EASY TOGGLING BETWEEN EACH SECTION. - - - * * * - - - DISCLAIMER     Content of this site is owned by the creator. You have permission to access all of the content on this site unless otherwise stated. You may also use any of the content on this site for personal, non-commercial purposes. Misuse of any of this website's content is strictly prohibited, and you must agree that the creator of this website is free of indemnity against all actions taken by third parties who use the content of this site for any other purpose than it is intended. RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE (click here) RETURN TO PREVIOUS PAGE (click here)