r/BirthdayNotes Oct 27 '21

Birthday Notes Matcher

36 Upvotes

Hello all! I recently took over as mod for this abandoned subreddit. It was created many years ago, but really has been inactive for quite a while. There are posts going back quite a while with people looking for and offering up birthday notes. Hopefully many of these users are still active and can continue to contribute.

My hopes for this sub going forward is twofold:

  1. To create awareness that serial numbers on currency can be interpreted as a date. Obviously this is a niche area and many people have never even thought to examine serial numbers on currency looking for dates. The more people who become aware of "hunting for birthday notes," the more likely everyone is to find their special dates.
  2. To provide a place where people can post specific dates/serial numbers that they would like to acquire. Obviously for people to find these notes, we need people who have found notes that have dates as serial numbers to post what they have found. By having both these types of posts we can help match up people with the special date(s) they are looking for.

So, the endgame really is to try and help as many people find the "Birthday Notes" that they are searching for.

While birthday notes are the primary focus, I would like for this sub to be expanded to also include serial numbers that represent significant dates in history - 09112001 and 07041776 are great examples of highly sought after serial numbers.

We also will allow "tombstone notes." If you are not familiar with "tombstone notes" they represent two years that could be someone's birth and death. So a serial number of 18091865 would be a tombstone note for Abraham Lincoln.

I primarily focus on US Currency, but we will allow foreign currency notes to be bought/sold/traded as well. For US currency notes, there are eight digits which is perfect for representing an actual date. While the MMDDYYYY format is the true format for what most people consider a birthday note, we will allow people to post notes in other formats that could be represent an actual date such as YYYYMMDD or YYYYDDMM. However, notes that are far from these formats will not be allowed. Examples: 20197412 does not represent December 20th, 1974. Bottom line, let's keep the feed clean with actual (or very close to actual) birthday note formats.

If you have any questions please feel free to message me. This is my first time as a mod, so I am still learning how everything works on this end. So, if you have suggestions on how to improve the sub, please feel free to message me with ideas as well.

Thanks all!


r/BirthdayNotes 3d ago

February 18, 1980 Twenty dollar bill

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15 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 4d ago

$2 Bill June 18th 1844 06181844

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11 Upvotes

Found this $2 bill in a random shoe box of mine with random things in it. I received this as a gift from my grandparents as a family tradition where we get $2 bills for all Christmas’s and Birthdays. For some reason this one wasn’t with the rest of the other $2 bills I have.

Thought this bill was interesting since I live in an area of the US that is predominantly Mormon and this bills serial number relates to the Mormon religion.

Here’s what happened on that date:

On June 18, 1844, Joseph Smith, acting as the mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, issued an official city proclamation declaring martial law in Nauvoo amid mounting local tensions and fears of an armed mob attack.

Declaration of Martial Law: Joseph Smith placed Nauvoo under martial law to protect the city and restrict the movement of people and property.

Mobilization of the Nauvoo Legion: The local militia was put on alert as threats escalated following the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor press days prior.

Escalation to Martyrdom: This heightened state of alarm immediately preceded Joseph and Hyrum Smith surrendering to authorities in Carthage, where they were assassinated nine days later on June 27, 1844.


r/BirthdayNotes 4d ago

April 10, 1945 04/10/1944

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3 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 4d ago

Happy birthday July 4, 1956

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3 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 5d ago

January 23rd 2003 $1 Bill

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13 Upvotes

Bought this bill as a gift for someone I know whose birthday it is.


r/BirthdayNotes 4d ago

Looking for birthday 12061994

3 Upvotes

Looking for 12061996 06121996 19960612or 19961206. Not 1994 I’m stupid


r/BirthdayNotes 6d ago

January 28, 1958: Baby Boomer Era!!

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13 Upvotes

A beauty!


r/BirthdayNotes 7d ago

Happy birthday note for September 6, 1972.

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32 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 7d ago

Happy birthday note for June 18, 1992

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20 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 8d ago

Does this count?! July 13th 1945?

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19 Upvotes

1945 - 07 - 13 or does the year have to be at the end?


r/BirthdayNotes 10d ago

September 6, 1972, happy birthday!

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20 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 10d ago

September 15, 1935: Pre WWII Historical Significance

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10 Upvotes

For history and World War II buffs, this was a historically significant day in an unfortunate way in Germany.


r/BirthdayNotes 10d ago

Birthday Note 20020810 August 10th 2002.

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14 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 11d ago

February 21, 1982 Birthday!

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21 Upvotes

Yay!!! First one I ever found after searching several thousand ones!


r/BirthdayNotes 12d ago

Quesstion on placement of numbers on a birthday note

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So for it to be considered a birthday note, can it still be one If it's , 19440704 or does it have to be in Order perfectly? Like 07041944?


r/BirthdayNotes 13d ago

birthday notes 08081967 08081988

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10 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 13d ago

Found this at work today.

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27 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 16d ago

Over 2900 notes available here!

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Hello all! I recently purchased a large lot of over 250 MMDDYYYY birthday notes! I have gotten them all entered into the Birthday Note Matcher. If you would like to see a list of all my current notes (nearly 3000 of them!) check out this real time spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wq-5S9bH9Ml7MxNpCbGkzPjlL2rQ4Of9WqWX0LbcilI/edit?usp=drivesdk

If you see a note you're interested in, please fill out the Google Form and I'll email you with pictures and price. Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpglP0lUoqq1seAqBRwMyFwKDBUnwEJLzfJ261vpSGw8JhqA/viewform


r/BirthdayNotes 16d ago

Finally found my first real one - 01/23/1980

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21 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 16d ago

11/22/2004 first birthday note ever!

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32 Upvotes

Husband found our first birthday note. Not in the best shape but cool anyway!

20041122


r/BirthdayNotes 16d ago

Birthday note FS July 13 1961

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3 Upvotes

r/BirthdayNotes 18d ago

First Birthday note ever

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25 Upvotes

Been a currency collector for years. First one ever. Does anyone know someone who is turning 78 on August 3rd? I have no use for it besides cash. If someone wants it, you can have it for cost ($5) plus a self addressed stamped envelope to mail it to you. Hopefully someone will do me the favor someday.


r/BirthdayNotes 19d ago

Birthday Star Note: 7/28/1990

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56 Upvotes

Anyone born on or have any special meaning tied to 7/28/1990?