# Pager Number Poetry

> Pager Number Poetry is a Retsy Series 1 NFT on Solana, card 0497 of 1,280 in the 90s Memes & Fads set, made in six finishes. Teens sending entire conversations through pagers using number codes, from hello to see you after school.

URL: https://retsy.fun/collection/pager-number-poetry/

- Card number: 0497 of 1,280
- Set: 90s Memes & Fads (90-MEM)
- Year: 1997
- Type: Numeric pager code craze
- Tagline: Say it all in seven digits.
- Found at: Clipped to a backpack strap
- Cost back then: $9.99 a month
- Stats: Nostalgia 9/10, Hype 8/10, Weirdness 7/10, Trade value 5/10
- Finishes: Base (100 copies), Holo (50 copies), Laser (25 copies), Gold (10 copies), Super Laser (1 copy), Misprint (1 copy)
- Images: https://retsy.fun/nft/0497-base.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0497-holo.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0497-laser.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0497-gold.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0497-super.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0497-misprint.webp

## The story

Pagers only showed numbers, so teens invented a whole language. Certain codes meant call me, others meant I miss you or where are you. Kids kept cheat sheets in their binders and passed new codes around like secrets. Parents got pages too, but only ever understood the one meaning come home.

## Fun fact

Typing numbers upside down on a pager screen could spell words, which made every message feel like a puzzle.

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