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, Topekaguy. You have the patience of a saint! I'm afraid I would just buy an interesting s/n instead. Of course, it's always good to have buyers out there, eh? Can I ask you, about what percentage of the bills you search are the old-style small portrait ones? Since you're looking quickly, other things to look out for are: misaligned printing, such as the seals, missing printing, ink smears caused during printing, unusual colored seals, silver certificates (that would be 1957 or older), doubled printing. These things can be spotted quickly. More intricate stuff, like mismatched serial numbers or web-fed bills would take more inspection. Best of luck. Keep posting! |
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Ron,
For me it is all about the hunt, I do look for imperfections but beyond the ones that are known and obvious. Unfortunately I have only been searching rolled coin and dollar bills so the portraits are all the same.
Mis matched serials is not something I have been looking at I still have 600 in 1's from my Friday batch that I will go through again tonight. What are "web-fed" bills?
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Hi, Topekaguy. Here is an example of an inking error, very obvious. (You know, I forgot you were looking just at $1's which hasn't had a change in portrait size like the others.)  The web-fed $1's are from series 1988, 1993, and 1995. They were printed using a paper roll, 96 notes at a time, instead of the usual 32 per sheet. On the front of the bills, to the lower right of the ONE, where the plate letter and number would normally be, there is just a number. On the back of the bill, to the right of the motto, is the same number. That denotes web-fed bills and they may be worth a small premium. Mismatched s/n's usually involve just one number, sometimes a block letter, that is different, the left from the right. However, it's highly unusual and you may need to search 10,000 bills- or, more- to find one. Yes, it carries a good premium but may not be worth the search. Edited by ron6788
02/11/2018 07:14 am
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I was looking up web notes and their recent values and one of the most valuable is the 1988A BL block from district B. A note in VF can go for $50-100.
If you can find a web note with a printing error or a star, then prices will multiply.
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Not my note, Coinfrog (wish it were). Just pulled it up for a sample of what to look for.
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Just got this in change from Lowes. This forum has me paying attention to the everyday....Thanks  |
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Most Star notes are spenders but there are some that could command a premium. The are a few on here (myself included) who keep all start notes regardless of condition or worth. I keep mine as a extreme emergency fund for just in case situations.
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Bryan,
As a newbie, I am going to keep all * notes as well. I look at it more from a statistic standpoint, meaning since I started (a little over a month) I have searched 8,600 dollar bills and of that there were 6 * notes, less than 1% so far. I am sure others have stats based on larger sample sizes. But for me less than 1% is a keeper, in fact of that $8,600 found zero unique serials, errors, or mismatch serials. So if nothing else it makes me feel like my searching has not been a total waste.
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Nice find for a bill in the wild Topekaguy!  Edited by Chopped Triumphs
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