Star Note Question

Well...you can't lose money on the ones pulled from circulation. If you're willing to hold onto star notes long enough, you'll likely be able to sell them for a modest premium over face value. I don't think they are a "get rick quick" kind of item, however. You'd probably do just as well investing in a well run mutual fund...and very likely much better.

I get all mine from circulation and I sell them on ebay, sometimes netting $10+.

Paper money hot and in 10yr who now, the 10 or so 1s stars maybe worth waiting for.

I found a star note $1 bill that was heavily circulated. I accidentally spent it. Woops!. I believe it was from 1996. was it worth anything more than a dollar? -PP

Don't pay more than face for a modern star note unless it's truely UNC (avoid the AU's advertised as UNC).

Otherwise searching circulation is a good way to find stars at face.

Technically you can lose money even if you bought notes at face value. Inflation is always eroding the value of paper money. I personally choose to look the other way because collection is more than an investment, it's a hobby and most people literally pour money into their hobby. Me, I know the bottom is always at least the face value of my collection.

People make money off them in uncirculated condition on ebay right now. But I think it has a lot to do with what I said earlier serial number and the branch of FRB it came from for new bills." plus mintage sometimes" I have several star notes I have found in circulation and just to name a few I have A nice 50 dollar star note from 1981A san fransico! In unc 63 its worth 250 and 1990 50 dollar star note Chicago, its value in unc 63 is worth 150 so thats a hundred dollars in 9 years! I dont have these notes but figured I would share, a 2001 new york 50 dollar star is worth 750 and a 2001 50 dollar star note from richmond is worth 350 in Unc condtion. So really depends on a lot of different things. The mintage on the richmond is a lot less but still not worth as much 64,000 notes printed. The New York note had 320,000 notes printed and is worth more! Thats the best I can explain to you. Almost a hit or miss thing!

Saving star notes is not a bad idea. If you find better grade ones, then they'll certainly be worth a premium. There won't be a whole lot of "upside potential" unless they're uncirculated or of a very uncommon variety. Of course errors, or collectible serial numbers will be worth more if they're star notes.
It would be a gold mine to find a whole pack of 50 or 100 mint uncirculated sesquenced star notes at the bank. If anybody has any friends that are bank tellers, or handle the money in a large store like Kmart or something, then you may want to ask them to keep their eyes open...