$5 Hb08 Prefix Prices

glad I have these the....

With a bit of luck my passion has sparked interest in these notes. All I can say for these notes is:

I've been looking at the 2008 $10 first & last, because I guy wanted to buy one from me. To me:
Number 1) it's one of the lowest (4th lowest out of 10) $10 print runs.
Number 2) There were only 654,499 of each the first & last prefixes printed.

As for the 2008 $5 print.
Number 1) Only 442,999 of the last prefix printed.
Number 2) Maybe because it's a more collectable price point.

I figure that people collect what they can afford, rather than what they're willing to spend. Like, for instance, the majority of us are prepared to spend quite a bit on our collecting addictions.
When I've got cash flow going well, I've got money to spend. When I don't I have to sell to spend, but I will still spend.
As for others that may just collect type notes e.g all $5, all $10 etc. It's a lot more affordable to start a $5 collection from scratch & with the economic trends, perhaps this is playing a part on how people are investing...rather than bricks & mortar in silver &/or gold.

I guess the biggest thing as far as polymers that I go out & source are the scarcest notes. e.g $50 JC98 where only 39,999 were printed & you can only wonder how many still exist.

A $50 DA96 just sold on ebay for $135.83
Condition stated as VF. When you don't know much about notes you can sell it for whatever grade that someone believes it might be worth. This person's listed that McDonald values it at $680+ in the current book...I can't see that, all I see is $350 for VF or $150 for F which is more likely the grade that it is. Below is the only picture that was with the listing, mind you listed via ebay mobile!

The link for that item is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...p=true&rt=nc
I'm not looking to put down this guys item...but some people seem to get too narrow minded & don't tend to trust anyone in the industry we collect in, probably for the right reasons, but when you're buying fake errors & date-altered coins at top dollar...then the $ is worth more than the $.

That could be what's calling the shots?

It could be the 2008 $50 MD08 which is calling the shots with an extremely small print of only 49,999. They're already selling for stupid prices on ebay, but for the scarcity, you could only expect people to want it more. Below are two that are ending in the next 20 odd minutes so have a look.
Single $50 MD08:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Australia-R...em27c73d8749
Consecutive $50 MD08's:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Australia-R...em27c73d89a7

As for the note dealer quality_notes; I wouldn't deal with him again. I brought two JC98's from him, one which was apparently strict UNC & the other vUNC (virtually UNC) for a decent dollar $3,950 (I was prepared for book price). I got them & the UNC had an indent (which to me makes it aUNC (because vUNC doesn't exist) & the other had a couple detracting points which would have put it in a high EF, probably a gEF. So to me they were only worth $2,050. I ended up getting a refund...eventually & two weeks later I guy I knew sold me two perfect UNC JC98's for $4,000. Moral of the story, some sharks will try & rip you off if you don't know your grades, so look under every light!!

As for the jump, I think everyone's starting to finally get into the polymer's after initially hating them. I love 'em! Polymers make me go .

Pedro, do $5 bank runs...you might just find a few goodies. I've found plenty of BA & HB's in the past year just through common change & money that's come through the till. I've found a few EF-UNC & an average HB06 999855. See how you go. 2006, 2007 & 2008 all have BA as first & HB as last prefix in the $5 denomination.

Another thought as to why they could be selling for so much is because no-one has listed them. Supply & demand, there seems to be much more demand than supply at this point. Ideally if there were 10 sellers listing them in auction at the same time, they wouldn't sell for too much.

I've been keeping an eye on the ebay prices of HB08 $5 and DF08 $10 and they continue to go for well over book price. It seems that the common theme is that no $5 and $10 have been printed since 2008 which has increased the demand for them.

Last night at the self service checkout I got 3 uncirculated consecutive $5 notes in my change. They were from 2007 so it would seem that they are still releasing notes stockpiled in 2007.

My hope is that in the next year or so, when they print more $5 and $10 notes, the prices of HB08 and DF08 will come down a bit. I think I will hold off buying them until then.

Mann..
If Da96 are selling at that price, then I'm rich, I have like 3-4

Hi Cash555,

Firstly, welcome to CCF

Over 2012 on ebay HB08s have averaged around $57 for single notes and pretty much double that for pairs. However, prices have softened a bit since the middle of September - single notes generally going between $38 - $46 (all values quoted above include postage). Pairs have held up a little better at around $100 although there have been some that sold in the $60 - $70 range.

Pedro

Is there a section on here we can trade or sell items? I don't mind moving some of my polymers :)