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New Member
United States
21 Posts |
Do you all think these are worth hanging on to or spend? The $5 is from 1995 The $20 1993 The $50 1974  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Hi,
Some larger scans of these bills showing greater detail would be nice to assist in providing an educated answer.
mdpmedia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1397 Posts |
They don't look CHCU, can't see if they have any fancy serials so it's tough to give an answer. Why do you think they are worth saving?
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
I would save them, but that is just because I have been able to find any bills before 2000 in circulation around where I live. That is just my opinion.
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Valued Member
United States
486 Posts |
I checked out larger views of them and it looks like the 5 and 20 should be spent, no matter how long you keep them they will be worth less the what they can buy today, next year they will probably buy less, spend them now. It looks like the 1974 50 is decent and if your going to put together a set of 50's it's worth keeping.
Bill Collector
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
As others have said, you should not go by how old a note is to determine value.
There are many notes that are older than these that are worth face value.
For a note to have value, it needs to have something special.
For example, low printing run, condition, star note, fancy serial number or error.
IMO I would use those three notes to purchase one or more collectible notes. I also would suggest .. figure out what you want to collect and focus on putting that collection together.
I see many collection every week, some are put together from circulation, some are put together by a collector seeking out specific notes (or coins). The collection that are put together with a specific focus are always the better collection.
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
I agree with what GR58, For a note to have value, it needs to have something special. For example, low printing run, condition, star note, fancy serial number or error. John1  |
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New Member
 United States
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New Member
United Kingdom
14 Posts |
As others have said, you need to choose what you are going to collect ($1 only, animals, high value, UNC condition etc etc).
But for a note to have value it needs to be wanted by others, in general this means low or unusual serial (radar, repeater, date etc) be in good condition, be starred (though that is no guarantee), be unqiue (like snorters) etc etc.
You can see that the notes you have scanned do not have any special serial number, arent starred and the condition is not excellent (though exact condition is v diff to judge from this scan)
In essence I would say they are all spenders, however teh £50 may be worth keeping hold of.
(I would keep it simply because I was born in 1974 and am inexplicably a little anal about keep stuff from teh same year)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
GR58 said it best.
I would spend all 3.
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Valued Member
United States
56 Posts |
Personally I would spend them as well. There are no attributes to the serial numbers , etc. that would make me want to save them and as far as the condition, the wear and the markings strictly would rule that out for me as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1721 Posts |
These are no good. Send them to me post haste. I'll see they are put to good use  . You can still find these bills in mint crisp condition, without bank ink stamps or other company markings.  Spend with reckless abandonment. |
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
I would hold these if they were in better condition...
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