Change-Over Notes, how to classify or designate all of the different types?
manofwar1
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When I consider the topic on a basic level there are the most obvious:
Series Year and subsets, A, B, C and so on to l ?.
(I question if signature changes can always be distinguished and easily understood by the general public)?
Should a "Change-Over be considered complete with out having both sides of a yearly change?
First and last of circumstances like Hawaii and Africa, or just the notes before or after the events?
Any thoughts?
Later,
manofwar1
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COPs are any two notes of different designs with consecutive serial numbers. It doesn't matter the types involved. Pairs with obvious differences, such as different signatures and/or series, are most visually pleasing and desirable. Among these, skip changeovers probably take the cake. Skip COPs are pairs of consecutive notes that skip series (such as 1928B and 1928D). They are predominant among 1928 series $1 SCs.
Less desirable pairs are those like micro/macro and wide/narrow mules printed in the 1930s and 1940s, where the only different might be the size or magnitude of the back plate serial. Nonetheless, all COPs are popular.
There are no COPs with Hawaiian or NA notes. Pairs were printed (i.e., there was a consecutive pair of regular and special notes), but in separate operations. Someone would have to locate the two notes and recombine the changeover pair.
I intend to write to PCGS regarding the topic at hand and to request their resources to determine some basics like number of C/O's are designated per year, or if they would be willing to pursue this concept.
later,
manofwar1
Do it, ya never know
In Canada we don't have change-over pairs: as our printers never held them (so they've were never available).
We just have 3 types of change-overs: change over designs/series, signatures & years.
The change over designs/series happened 3 times. First, in 1937 Series for the Gordon Towers Narrow panel switch to Wide panel (the H/A & J/A prefixes), next with' the Devil's Face switch to the Modified (on certain prefixes/denominations) & finally on the original Journey to the upgraded Journey (on the $5 HPA prefix). Change-over signatures are the most common type of change-over & some collectors try to get notes near the actual point where the switch occurred on both prefixes. Change-over years only happened with the Journey series (on certain prefixes like the 2001 & 2002 FEE prefix for the $10) as they imprinted the year/date on the back of the note. Most collectors seek most of these change-overs but some of the tougher ones (with small runs like the 1937 H/A or J/A) are more popular than others.
**https://sites.google.com/view/notaphilycculture/collecting-banknotes **
Serial_no_8, that sounds much simpler with some obvious benefits. i am having major issues with 1935 ((D-J) block and G series and all of the other series correlation.
later,
manofwar1
What issues do you have?
Only certain sheet position pairs will define a COP
Can you tell us more as to why certain series are paired with the G/L sheet positions?
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Because the serial numbers transition across sheets!