Fun fact, all US customary units are defined in terms of the metric system. For example, 1 inch is exactly 2.54cm. which means a US mile is 1.609344km. Americans have be using a bastardized version of the metric system since 1959.
It actually changes based on how much cocaine and human fluids it absorbs. That sounds like a joke, but I used to calibrate currency scales. There would be one setting for regular bills, and one for crisp, brand new ones; those would weigh measurably less and required compensation.
If I remember high school math correctly, The first digit can be anything so, 10/10 options, the second digit cant be be the first so only 9/10 options, then 8/10 for the third, continue this pattern for each digit and multiply together you get 1.8% chance.
A lot of people collect bills with interesting serial numbers, with stars, etc. a serial number with all the same numbers, or in numerical order, a palindrome, etc., all carry premiums.
This is an intriguing one. It would probably be interesting to them, because it doesn't have any repeating numbers, but it isn't obvious, like if they were in order. Still, I'll bet it's worth a little more than $1, but not much.
Somebody might, but as a group they don't value these. They are pretty picky, there's a lot of notes of there.
The type closest to this would be Ladders I think. Like 12345678 or 23456789. True ladder are very rare and valuable but broken ladders are pretty common. By the time you get to something like 67890432 you probably wouldn't have any premium to the average buyer
You might be able to get more than a dollar for it from a collector. There are numismatists that like interesting serial numbers. Probably won't get a lot since they aren't in order but who knows.
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ytsedude@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 76d
I think you mean "numerals" (or just "numbers"). 😅😬
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works · 40 pts · 76d
Digits would work best
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 76d
That's what she said. sigh
ccunning@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 76d
Thanks - I was so confused before you cleared it up for me
Zulu@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 76d
No no, they're on to something. No repeating decimals too!
silver_wings_of_morning@feddit.dk · 47 pts · 76d
There are no decimals in the serial number, therefore there are also no repeating decimals
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 76d
Every whole number has infinite repeating decimals of zero, kinda.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 76d
They're implied, kinda.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 76d
Now do your credit card.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 76d
It's not possible because that's 16 digits.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d
Base 16 would like a word.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 76d
Credit card numbers are in base 10
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d
Seems to be correct, I was thinking of a different card in my wallet.
Ahem I mean I fancypants McGee have the 16 element identity permutation for my card number!
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 76d
Everything is in base 10 (unless it's in unary).
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 76d
not if i debase your currency >:3
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 70d
I'd personally enjoy it if it was you doing the debasing
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 76d
Base ten then
mangaskahn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d
What if they are generated in base 16, but numbers containing a-f are discarded. Did you think about that? Huh?
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 75d
Yes. The check digit is calculated using base 10
badlilbean@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 76d
Please tell me base 16 isn't trying to hex-a-decimal
RogueBanana@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 75d
Let me be the judge of that. Maybe you missed it, let me verify it for you.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 76d
hey neat! I have that exact same bill!
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 76d
fun fact: 1$ bill weighs almost exactly 1 gram and you idiots don't even use the metric system.
whambawhomp@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 76d
Fun fact, all US customary units are defined in terms of the metric system. For example, 1 inch is exactly 2.54cm. which means a US mile is 1.609344km. Americans have be using a bastardized version of the metric system since 1959.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units
Janx@piefed.social · 8 pts · 76d
It actually changes based on how much cocaine and human fluids it absorbs. That sounds like a joke, but I used to calibrate currency scales. There would be one setting for regular bills, and one for crisp, brand new ones; those would weigh measurably less and required compensation.
affiliate@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 76d
We might consider it if you updated the definition so that 1 gram was exactly the weight of a US dollar
ThePrimitive@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 76d
A nickel is 5 grams and you don't use the metric system either.
Mac@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 76d
Now that's an interesting firing order.
None of this 1-8-7-2-6-5-4-3 or 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 nonsense, no
Just 8-4-3-1-6-7-2-5 👌
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 10 pts · 76d
I can’t help but wonder how you noticed this
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 76d
This is very satisfying
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 76d
I heard somewhere recently that the length of a USD One Dollar bill is the average human penis length
Town@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 76d
US bills are 6.14 inches (156 mm) wide, which is significantly larger than the average US penis size (5.16 inches).
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-big-average-penis
A 6.3 inch erect penis is larger than 95% of men.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 76d
Well okay, but the average width is still 2.61 inches, surely
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 76d
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 76d
Pretty sure that's the 5 euro note mate.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 76d
Someone figure out the probability!
BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 76d
If I remember high school math correctly, The first digit can be anything so, 10/10 options, the second digit cant be be the first so only 9/10 options, then 8/10 for the third, continue this pattern for each digit and multiply together you get 1.8% chance.
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 76d
10 x 9 x 8... etc. yields 1,814,400 possible combinations of no repeats, right? I'm confused what the "whole" is if this is expressed as a percent.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 76d
100 000 000, the number of possible serial numbers.
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 76d
Aha, that makes sense. Thanks.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 76d
A lot of people collect bills with interesting serial numbers, with stars, etc. a serial number with all the same numbers, or in numerical order, a palindrome, etc., all carry premiums.
This is an intriguing one. It would probably be interesting to them, because it doesn't have any repeating numbers, but it isn't obvious, like if they were in order. Still, I'll bet it's worth a little more than $1, but not much.
Biffsbraincell@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 75d
Somebody might, but as a group they don't value these. They are pretty picky, there's a lot of notes of there.
The type closest to this would be Ladders I think. Like 12345678 or 23456789. True ladder are very rare and valuable but broken ladders are pretty common. By the time you get to something like 67890432 you probably wouldn't have any premium to the average buyer
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 73d
Yeah, that's what I figured. It's mildly interesting, but mildly doesn't translate to $.
Astronut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 76d
“Well doggies, Ain’t that something!”
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
Approximately 10987654*3/10^8 so about 0.0018144 I think?
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 76d
A sequential bill
SirHery@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
teft@piefed.social · 1 pts · 76d
You might be able to get more than a dollar for it from a collector. There are numismatists that like interesting serial numbers. Probably won't get a lot since they aren't in order but who knows.