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Today I stopped at a bank (which will remain nameless for confidentiality) to look for some nickels. I ended up getting $20 worth. I then asked the teller, "Do you get any of these old 5 dollar bills?" and I pulled out a 1995 bill from circulated use. The teller said that she normally doesn't but then remembered that she has $500 in face value of the old blue seal five's! I had $260 on me so I asked to buy that much; she agreed and said I would have to wait 10 minutes for her to open the vault. When she came back, she had them wrapped in a paper seal down the middle that said "500" on it; as she counted them, she found two more recent "old" fives that were not blue so she put those aside. I asked her if she remembered who brought them in and she didn't; she said she also didn't remember how long they had been in the vault; she originally planned to sell them to the US Mint for them to be destroyed!  I have stopped in before for halves and nickels so she remembered me; she asked me my name and I told her Daniel. We struck up a conversation for about five minutes; she asked if I worked and I told her that I do not work and that I am a college student at the moment. She did promise that she will continue to hold onto the remaining $230 in face value of 5 dollar silver certificates. I collected 52 $5 silver certificates, 15 of which are from 1934 and the rest are from 1953; I have already purchased all of the "Series 1934" certificates she has and none of the ones I have are star notes. I will upload pictures later today. What do you guys think of this? I mean I'm sure you'll be a bit envious and start to  but what is the current value of these bills? Right now, I have no desire to sell them. I am going to hold onto them and see if their value goes up. If I never sell them, they are going in my collection for my possible future children and grandchildren. |
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Valued Member
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Great find, sounds like you had a good day!
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United States
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Great find! As for value, that would depend on condition. If CU/AU I would put them at least double face value. But that is based on what they bring here in eastern N.C.
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Well, congrats!  |
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Great find! |
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AWESOME I need awesome find like that.
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Valued Member
Sweden
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Nice banknotes, they look pretty decent (can't see any rugs)
Congratulations on your find
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United States
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That's a great find, its hard enough to find the dollar silver certs. You can just about double your initial investment if you sold that as a lot. The collector in me would say just keep those.
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I ended up going back to the bank. The teller said she has about $220 in face value more that is left. I asked if any of the certificates were star notes; she looked through them and found star notes on 4 of the bills.  She was true to her word that she will continue to hold onto these for me until I get enough money to purchase the rest. I will upload the star note certificates later. |
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VERY nice find. Just wondering if there are unique serial number notes? Unique SN's add value. John1  |
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^ To answer your question, I haven't looked through them in great detail yet.
I have a question of my own: If you guys look at my first picture, you will notice a wrinkled up bill on the bottom right side; that bill has a decent sized tear in it. Now my question is this: If I put a piece of tape on the back, would it devalue the bill? Much like cleaning or polishing a coin pretty much devalues it by a lot, is taping together paper money the equivalent?
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Two more questions:
1. Is ironing the bill to flatten it worse as well?
2. How do I protect the bill from further tearing?
Edited by TheDanMan
01/20/2012 01:01 am
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Ironing is wrong. Absolutely. Don't do it. Please. (For more info, search the forum)
If you want to improve the look (remember: you can't improve the quality) of the wrinkled note, put it in the book and then put something heavy on the top. Then leave the note for a couple of days/weeks.
If you want to protect your notes, put them in plastic non-PVC holders.
Reg. the tape, don't do it. Tape and tape stains are the major PITA to remove.
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Some people just don't take the time to read. That's probably the reason why the $1 bill is so accepted in its FRS form after a slow transformation from silver certificates to United States notes to Federal Reserve notes.
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Posted 01/17/2012 5:29 pm
