Congrats for sure, you have a great collection of LGS notes. Frankly, and don't take me the wrong way, I would be disappointed to see this in a 65 holder. That grade has been abused enough.
I found these two beauties on a European auction site and only paid $7.80 total for the two. A 2003 and a 2003A low print run (320,000)star note. What a steal. Rarely do you find these notes in heavily circulated condition let alone in CU.
Yes, you are correct total printed is much higher, but many people collect star notes based on which run they originate from. For the 2003 it was from the second run B-2 and only 320,000 are printed. Much harder to find this note, than say the third B-3 (New York run) where 3.200.000 were printed. To complete a set most will grab the first note they can at the cheapest price possible. Only 10,000 sheets were used for this run. I would like to eventually have one from every run. Long term goal.
CK - Great example, dating almost certainly from the year 1963, near the end of the Silver Certificate era and the total takeover of fiat money in our system.
Quote: CK - Great example, dating almost certainly from the year 1963, near the end of the Silver Certificate era and the total takeover of fiat money in our system.
Thanks, Coinfrog. I find it fascinating that silver certificates were printed/issued so long after the date in the series.
I was shopping for a CU note to fill a spot in my album but realized I would probably be better getting a graded one, based on past advice & input from you and Steve. So this is what I ended up with. I'm pretty happy with it.
And it amazes me the price delta from a 66 to a 67.
The '34 $10 is a so-called "Light Green Seal" (LGS). If you examine all denominations of the Federal Reserve notes from 1928 on to the 1050s, however, you will see many different shades of green, ranging from the beautiful lime shown here to almost a forest shade.
CK - The reasons for changing the series date or letter were somewhat arcane in the old days, and reflected such factors as design changes/modifications or changes in the Secretary of the Treasury or Treasurer of the US. As I understand it, things have been partly but not completely simplified since the Nixon era, with the series date now advancing OR the letter A being added with each change in the Secretary of the Treasury's office at apparently (?) his or her discretion.
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