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Hi All - I know absolutely nothing about currency notes except common knowledge. I have found a US $! bill with the Hawaii stamps etc but it is written on by the original owner. It contains WW2 history in terms of names and dates flight number etc...Hawaii to San Francisco. The other note was a $2 Philippines Silver Certificate tied to the US dollar. This one, aside from being folded is in good shape. Any hints on how to deal with these? What to look for? Value or not? care, if necessary? Thank you for any help! @Voshus007 - Thank you very much for the quick response! @Buddy Thanks - I will look up the Phillippines note - have looked up the Hawaiian - Fascinating! Pics are up...     Edited by newbForever
06/10/2013 8:54 pm
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Valued Member
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WELCOME. if you post pics then it would make it easier to help you evaluate them but still from your explanation it sounds like you have what's called a "short snorter" which is a note from ww2 that has been signed by many service men. It's nice that you have it on Hawaii note that would make it more desirable but the value depends on condition it can be anywhere from $15-50 depending on condition and on who signed it. Whenever they were traveling to different places they would take a note and usually tape it to another usually making a long strand of paper money from where they went. Hope this helped a little.
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Rest in Peace
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Both notes have value and collectors keep their notes in Mylar 'sleeves'. Just don't handle them any more than you have to. Those are both Emergency Notes and if you look that up you will get an idea of their history. I think there's a page on Wikipedia about Emergency Notes.  |
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Those are nice notes.
I've never seen one like the one from the Philippines.
Can you read the names on the short-snorter? Any relatives on that list? I don't think it's worth a whole lot. You can see similar ones on the bay. But it's got a big 'cool' factor.
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If you can read the names and find any relatives then the sentimental value should outweigh any monetary value. But it is a nice note (Hawaii note) and still holds some value like I posted above (I actually collect short snorters and have a few Hawaii notes myself) and check it to see if there are any famous people on it then that could jack up the prices into crazy prices, I've seen them signed by JFK and many other famous people. On the Philippine note I'm not very sure of its value but I don't think it's very high and could be less than $10 if I remember correctly.
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Pillar of the Community
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 to our little family.  In the notes current condition, and knowing that none of the signatures are relatives of yours, I would be tempted to donate it to one of the WWII memorial/museum links below providing it remain on public display (with credit to the donor) to honor those lost on December 7, 1941. http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu/region...pearl-harborEdited by Broken-Coin
06/13/2013 11:52 am
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Rest in Peace
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@Broken-Coin, that is an excellent idea.
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These have more sentimental value than monetary value - the peso note is worth maybe $20 or so and the Hawaii, due to the writing, is FV.
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These have more sentimental value than monetary value - the peso note is worth maybe $20 or so and the Hawaii, due to the writing, is FV. While I agree with you on the sentimental value, I have to disagree with you on the note being worth only face value. Short snorter notes are popular with WWII Military Collectors and place their own value on these type notes, well above face value. I used to collect Currency over 30 years ago and would have placed a collector value of $5.00 on that HAWAII short snorter back then. In the mid 90's my numismatic interest changed from Currency to Errors and sold my Currency Collection. With that said, I do not know what the average Currency Collector would value it in 2013, and my guess would be between $10.00 & $20.00 (only a rough guess). Maybe other currency collectors can comment on what their maximum price would be if they wanted to purchase said note. |
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I would also have to agree with broken-coin that the Hawaii note is note only worth face value I've been buying short snorters every chance I get and that one is worth anywhere from $20-30 because of the number of signatures and the condition. And a quick ebay search would also show you that. |
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I'd love to get any snorter for face value!! Great notes...Especially the short snorter....Is there any chance your family member signature is on the note? I have several nice Hawaii one dollars ,,but still don't have an awesome short snorter.....NICE
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