do you have any of the centennial $1 bills? the ones without serial #s?? i have bunch somewhere but could only find this one right now... (and i agree 100% - the bills in the 70s were AWESOME!)
Aye, though they're not in the greatest shape. I didn't realize they were without serials. For kicks, I checked the most recent commemorative bank note, the 2017 $10s, to see if they too were without serials, but they have them. Do you know the story by chance of the '67 $1s?
Also, you might appreciate this more than most. My dad owned an apparel business and had a consultant come from the States in, I don't know, mid 90s, who left him with this:
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Aye, though they're not in the greatest shape. I didn't realize they were without serials. For kicks, I checked the most recent commemorative bank note, the 2017 $10s, to see if they too were without serials, but they have them. Do you know the story by chance of the '67 $1s?
Also, you might appreciate this more than most. My dad owned an apparel business and had a consultant come from the States in, I don't know, mid 90s, who left him with this:
from what i can see, it looks like the bank intended the no-serial number $1 bills to be 'collectors' items
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The bank note would be a special collectors issue but became so popular, that the Bank of Canada was forced to produce more notes than first planned. In total 12,000,000 notes were produced without the serial number but with the dates 1867–1967. At first, these notes were not available anywhere except the Bank of Canada but soon they started to entered circulation. They were not meant for circulation at the start of issue but they were accepted by all stores and banks, during that time frame.
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$1.00 CENTENNIAL BANK NOTES
The year 1967 would mark the 100th anniversary of Canada. The government of the day, wanted to commemorate this event so that all of the people could take part, in some way. From a numismatic point of view, special coin sets were made that included a $20.00 gold piece. All of the decimal coinage feature animals on the reverse side, like the Canadian goose on the silver dollar. It was decided to produce a one dollar bank note with the dates 1867–1967 and no serial number. This has never been done before.
The front of the one-dollar bank note would feature Queen Elizabeth II on the right side, and the centennial symbol, in the form of the maple leaf, on the left side of the note. The reverse side of the note would feature the original Central Block of the Parliament buildings that burned down in the 1916 fire. Note; the flag staff bears no flag. At one time people reported being able to see or spotted the American flag in this issue, not so.
The bank notes would be similar in appearance and color as the 1954 issue. The Queen’s portrait would be located to the right of the note as was the case of the 1954 issue. This was done in that fashion because the center of the note usually becomes folded and defaces the portrait of the King or Queen, as in the 1937 issues. The new special notes would be ready for issue during the early part and during the year of 1967.]
The bank note would be a special collectors issue but became so popular, that the Bank of Canada was forced to produce more notes than first planned. In total 12,000,000 notes were produced without the serial number but with the dates 1867–1967. At first, these notes were not available anywhere except the Bank of Canada but soon they started to entered circulation. They were not meant for circulation at the start of issue but they were accepted by all stores and banks, during that time frame. Issues of these notes were printed by the Canadian Bank Note Co. (CBN) and the British American Bank Note Co. (BABN). The two bank note companies produced the no serial number notes but their identification or imprints normally seen at the bottom, was not used for this issue. These special no date notes were hoarded by the public with the regular issues, largely being forgotten.
This hoarding created a problem with lack of the one dollar notes, the mint was forced to produce the same special note but with the prefixes and serial number along with the centennial symbol. Production was stopped in 1968 but the notes remained in circulation for some time. The next new issue for the one dollar note, non centennial, was dated 1973 and were released June 3, 1974.
Both companies printed the regular issue of the centennial bank notes that contained the Centennial Maple Leaf on the right hand side. These notes had the prefix and serial numbers. The Canadian BankNote Co. printed the “O” series of notes as listed below with the total number of notes printed. Altogether, it composed of seven series letter with two asterisk notes;
I recently started picking up Laserdiscs and was able to pick up a couple more to add to my movie collection over the weekend.
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Ahh, Laserdisc. We never had a Laserdisc player, I only heard about it because a relative in the US had one. Of course, mom and dad visited them and came back raving about it, how they watched Terminator in incredibly clarity, and it sounded amazing. I would bug my dad as a kid -- for all the stupid home theatre equipment he'd buy -- why he never bought a Laserdisc player. "What the hell do we need one for, James?" We went from VHS to DVD, which was definitely the right answer, but I've always been an early adopter at heart.
So even today at the age of 37, I have never watched a single movie on Laserdisc, ever. I haven't even seen or held one, I have more experience with 8-track tapes which were already phased out of retail stores by the time I was born, which is weird considering Laserdisc's rise and fall largely happened in the 90s.
For people who fall into the same category as me, allow me to share some informative videos:
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I nerded out a few months ago on Technology Connections' series on Laserdisc:
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I never had a Laserdisc player either growing up we were VHS and then straight to DVD. I had never even heard of them until recently and then after watching some videos I was like what is this magical disk . They look cool, display great and are a fun niche thing to collect. The quality was actually pretty good as well and well above VHS. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel would go on their show and rave about how much better they were than VHS. I think they never took off because they were way more expensive than VHS (around $90-$100 per title back in the 90s) and you couldn't record TV on a Laserdisc like you could with VHS. I heard they grabbed about 1% market share in North America at their peak.
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How do you organize them? By genre? Alphabetical? Random?
Most are just alphabetical, but I also have sections for my favorite directors and actors (Kevin Smith, George A Romero, Nic Cage, Nolan, Snyder ect) . I also have my dead media corner with VHS and Laserdiscs and all my box sets are together. I also put titles from the boutique labels like Criterion or Scream Factory or Arrow video all together.
