Is it rare to receive eight $20.00 bills with the same serial numbers?

What I mean is yesterday while at the bank, I noticed 7 (2006) $20.00 bills that had the same serial numbers, but the last digit was higher then the next.

For ex one said IAxxxxxx12 C them IAxxxxxx13 C etc. I never seen or gotten anything like this before.

Please go easy I'm new to currency collecting lol. :thumb:

 

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I think what you are talking about is consecutive. 1...2....3...4 and so on. correct? I get them from the banks often like that. I only keep them if they are in uncirculated condition, which they most likely are, and if they have fancy serial numbers or errors. I've yet to come across the latter of those though. Keep looking at those notes in your pocket, you will find alot of "keepers" in there!

 

Yes U are correct. Sorry about that I tried to fix the title. I never seen anything like that before. Also correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the bill itself

have to have no finger prints in order to be uncirculated?

 

Well, kinda, but not really. It can still be graded uncirculated even if it was in circulation at one point, but the condition would still have to be very high. Honestly, it's pretty neat to have consecutive serial numbers, but sorry, they're not worth all that much. Well, unless the numbers themselves are interesting.

 

Had a feeling they may have not been worth much but I agree, they are cool. What kind of numbers what they have to be in order to be worth anything?

 

I usually spend them out and about. Try and break them in different places and then more paper money to search through and maybe you could get some good coins.

 

Well, if the number is interesting, such as a ladder (12345678), repeater (12341234), low serial (00000019), or radar (04044040). Those are just examples. There are other types, but those are the big ones.

 

I get consecutive $20's out of the ATM all the time. You should also check them for stars at the end of the serial #'s if you don't already know to do that.

 

I do that once in a while, but mostly forget.

 

You never know when that low/solid serial # error note low printing run star note is going to pass through hands and be worth $1,000 bucks but instead you took it to KFC and done got urself a bucket of 'tucky fried chichen mmmmm lol :thumb:

 

I don't think it's that rare. At my bank not long ago, they got in uncut sheets. So, if hey were cut and stacked in order, you would have the same scenario. I mean, since bills are sometimes shipped in sheets to banks, it could happen a lot.

 

Hey Gary,

How long ago was this? I have never known any banks to practice this. Next time I go in to see my tellers and get all the bills they have stashed for me, I am going to have to ask if they have ever gotten any uncut sheets and if they still do. It doesn't quite make sense though because the BEP sells uncut sheets for far over face value... Why would they do that if you could just go grab an uncut sheet from the bank?

 

Thanks to eveyone who answered. I may keep one or two bills the rest, I'll spend.

 

Only if you are planning on keeping them 40+ years should you keep them. Don't be fooled by "Series 2006" (I know this because of the first letter 'I' in your serial #), they were actually printed in either October or November of 2009. They are of the Federal Reseve Bank of Boston, Massachusetts (the second 'A' in the serial #.) They were printed in Washington, District Columbia instead of Fort Worth, Texas. If you are interested to know which one of those months you would need to provide the full serial # because the first part of the 'IAxxxxxxxxC' block was printed in October and the second part in November. Actually, no need for you to tell us the serial $'s; if the serial #'s of your $20's go like this: 'IA192xxxxxC' or higher they were printed in November (most likely). If they are lower than the '192' as the first 3 digits, they were printed in October. If I were you I would take down this info (if you are planning on keeping them) because such info might not be readily available by the time these guys gather up any premiums.

 

Great info had no idea the 'I' meant it was from Boston, I live an hour south of Boston. It never dawn on me that the I or any other latter in the serial # meant where it came from. I'll be saving this info thanks.

 

No'I' stands for 2006 where as 'A' stands for Boston. It goes like this for $5's-$100's Series 1996 onward:
First letter of Serial #: 'A' is 1996, 'B' series 1999, 'C' series 2001, 'D' series 2003, 'E' series 2004, 'F' series 2003A, 'G' series 2004A, 'H' series 2006 ($5 & $100 big head non-colorized only), 'I' 2006 (colorized bills), 'J' 2009, and finally 'K' 2006A ($100 only last minute series for big head non colorized $100's).
Second letter of Serial #: 'A' A1 Boston, MA, 'B' B2 New York, NY, 'C' C3 Philadelphia, PA, 'D' D4 Cleveland, OH, 'E' E5 Richmond, VA, 'F' F6 Atlanta, GA, 'G' G7 Chicago, IL, 'H' H8 St. Louis, MO, I I9 Minneapolis, MN (the least common of all currency), 'J' J10 Kansas City, MO, 'K' K11 Dallas, TX, and the final FRB district... 'L' L12 San Francisco, CA.

In addition, you will find an easier way of find the FRB district of a $5 or up by looking directly under the left-uper serial #. For example; your $20's will say 'A1' under the left-upper serial #. Check it for yourself.

 

I have a $20 note with the prefix being
CC13244447. Is this worth something. Thanks

 

It would be extremely unusual. According to what I’m looking at here, the BEP didn’t print any CC blocks for that series. Can you post a photo ?

 

Just go to my local McDonald’s consecutives there every Friday
afternoon but if a lower denomination
of course.

 

Welcome to Paper Money @kevinc1001. When banks get new notes from the BEP (actually from the Fed distribution points) the notes are of the same batch of serial numbers, so it is common to get serials in series from banks and ATM machines. Unless it is an unusual serial number, NAV, no added value. Keep looking.