reversed serial numbers

after entering more than 2500 bills i have finally come across a bill that reads front to back the same a five AOB60***06. I am always watching for unususal serial numbers and finally found one. I was pleased. i did not stamp it yet.

It's called a radar bill. You wouldn't think that they were all that rare, but dr was telling me that he just saw his very first radar on Friday.

PS - Don't put the full serial number of a bill in a public forum. Go back and edit it with a couple or three '*' right after you read this!

Thanx Pooga regarding the serial number of the bill I didn't know and Suzuki clued me in on that to…if I ever find another one i will be more knowledgable about entering it. Suzuki mentioned that someone might like to buy this one to add to their collection. Well let me know although I have entered it I have not marked it yet.

I may take it depending on the condition.

well MmmBeer I am going to say that this bill is in very good condition. There is a tiny tear at the top and other then that if you iron it ….it would be very fine condition.

Ill pass. the condition doen't make it worth anything but face value.

I am sure it is not worth anything more than face value but if you want me to mail it to you i certainly will do so.

not sure maggiemae… if mmmbeer is interested… charge him double, plus all his hits :)

hahahaha never thought about that. That makes me wish it was in mint condition LOL. I tucked it away and if he wants it he can have it. Other than that I will hang on to it just because it was my first reversed serial number bill.

Speaking of radars, how much is a journey series UNC $5 bill worth? Does it make much of a difference if it's a 2, 3,4,or 5 number radar? If the prefix is a radar as well?

Cant have 5 number radars.. 2 Digit radars are a bit higher of a price because they are more rare than a 3 or 4 (which you get in every brick [1000 bills]). 3 or 4 digit radars in UNC are usually about twice the value on the face.

An UNC five Radar if valued in the book at 12 dollars.

Thanks, MmmBeer. I thought there was only one radar bill for every 10,000 consecutive bills. Some guy ordered 20,000 UNC five dollar bills at a local bank. The teller told me he usually does this twice a year - he takes the bills home, goes through them and brings them back a couple days later. She said he only kept 2 bills out of the 20,000 he ordered this last go round. I found this out when I stopped in at this bank to get some UNC fives. They saved some of his fives for me and sure enough, when I went through my little stack, a 4-digit radar was missing. From what I could tell, the other bill he kept would have been a 3-digit radar.

To come up with $100,000 just to make about $10 seems a little extreme to me (not that I wouldn't love to be able to get my hands on 20,000 UNC fives)!

solid radars (only a single repeating digit) are another unique area. In these the number 8 solid is worth more because it apparently represents good luck..