agentfridge Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Hi all,I hope you can help me.My wifes mother has a one pound note with the serial number 1000000 (unsure of two letters at the begining as I personally havnt seen it as yet).It was brand new from the print (her grandfather worked in a payroll team so it had not been put into full circulation) and has been kept mint.my question is, is it actually worth anything? do people care about such specific serial numbers?thanks in advance.Mike Quote
Chris Perkins Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 They do yes. Round numbers can usually be sold for a little more than a normal UNC example. What kind of pound note? 1980s, or earlier? Quote
Mr T Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Don't know about British notes but in Australia the 1000000 numbered notes were hand numbered because of the extra digit and so are reasonably rare and valuable. Quote
agentfridge Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 Hi Chris,Apologies for not coming back to you and thanking you for your reply.The note is a 1950's one and has the serial number C39C 1000000thanks in advanceMike Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Which chief cashier signature does it bear? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Yes, looks like Beale, having gone through EPM for the other cashiers. I think the OP should speak to Pam West about it. Condition will obviously play a big part, but I really don't know what premium a 1000000 serial has over higher or lower, less round numbers. Quote
agentfridge Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks guys.Yes it has Beale's signature on it.Condition wise it has been kept in a box since it was received directly from the bank and was never in circulation. Unfortunately for most of that time it was folded in half so there is a fold line visible Quote
Mr T Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 Yes, looks like Beale, having gone through EPM for the other cashiers. I think the OP should speak to Pam West about it. Condition will obviously play a big part, but I really don't know what premium a 1000000 serial has over higher or lower, less round numbers.Do these notes normally have six digit serial numbers? 1000000 is seven digits which would surely make a bit more special than any other serial number (except maybe solid 0's). Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 Those shown in "English Paper Money" only have 6 digits, but I suppose it's possible that they went over 1000000 with the serials. Unless it's 100,000? Be interesting to see a picture. Obviously if they only went up to 1m then started again with C40C then 7 digits is literally one in a million. I can ask Pam West if you like Mike? I was emailing her over the last week about something else. Quote
agentfridge Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 Hi Chris,That would be good if your could ask Pam.I've uploaded front and back photoshttps://imageshack.com/i/pcoSpTvKjhttps://imageshack.com/i/p92X2CUDjThanksMike Quote
PWA 1967 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 Looks to be only fine + and the unusual number i would estimate about £35.Good luck should you sell it and hope you get considerably more.Pete. Quote
Mr T Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Those shown in "English Paper Money" only have 6 digits, but I suppose it's possible that they went over 1000000 with the serials. Unless it's 100,000? Be interesting to see a picture. Obviously if they only went up to 1m then started again with C40C then 7 digits is literally one in a million. I can ask Pam West if you like Mike? I was emailing her over the last week about something else.In Australia at least 1000000 were "one in a million" with all other notes having 6 digits. The 1000000 notes were created from an extra sheet with serial number 100000 which was guillotined and then each note had an extra zero added with a small manual press.The reason was so that there would be an even number of notes, and, when it came to bundling, the number of notes could quickly and easily be counted by looking at the serials of the first and last notes and subtracting.I assume a similar thing happened in England. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Pam said she'd pay £60 for it. And Pam is always very fair. Quote
PWA 1967 Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 That seems ok with regards the price.Maybe i was being a bit low although having just looked at some auction results £40 + seems about right and suppose collectors of good numbers will always pay more regardless of condition.Pete. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Yes, I thought that was a good price. Obviously Pam probably has a customer that buys round number notes and she'll make a bit on it, but I wouldn't have thought an unreasonable amount. Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Yes, I thought that was a good price. Obviously Pam probably has a customer that buys round number notes and she'll make a bit on it, but I wouldn't have thought an unreasonable amount.probably in the correct range....I would offer $100 US as a curiousity... Edited February 14, 2015 by Bronze & Copper Collector Quote
agentfridge Posted February 16, 2015 Author Posted February 16, 2015 thanks everyone for your assistance. I'll feed back to the wife (as it was her grandfathers note) and let you know! Quote
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