Series 1914 Five Dollar Note (Red Seal)

First of all, you really need to get a better reference guide for what something is worth than RedBook. Pick up a green sheet from greysheet.com. You did fine purchasing this note at $580 if it is a XF grade. Green sheet has it at $580 for bid and $630 for ask. Buying anything at bid is about as good a deal as you can realistically hope to find. However, this note could well grade out worse than you might hope, but it's hard to tell from the scans, to be completely honest. I don't like to offer a concrete grading opinion unless I'm holding the note in my hand. If you want to be sure you can always take it to a TPG.

However it turns it out, it is a nice note and Red Seals are particularly cool. Congrats on the pickup.

That's a very nice lookin' note. No matter what any "grader" says, it has nice eye appeal. Now all you need is the $ 10., 20., 50., and the 100. Red Seals.

What you have is the "F-833-B", the "A" isn't much different, only difference is the A doesn't have the small district letter and number at the top left, not a big deal and the value is about the same for either.

I agree with Master Shake, dump the Red Book,I take it from you buying that note your serious about Currency collecting, get the Paper Money of the United States book by Friedberg, it's where all the F numbers come from and it's the Bible for Info on US Currency, and all the notes are in color. For Pricing get the Green Sheet.
Regards
Bill Collector

barryg,
I don't think it's the same book. I'm not sure what you have but the original Friedberg book was first written by Robert Friedberg back in the early 1950's.

Arthur and Ira were his offspring. It also has a so called price guide along with all the other useful Info, but like any price guide book it's out dated before the ink is dry on the pages, that's where the Green Sheet and Auctions come into play, they provide much more up to date pricing. The copy I have is from 2010 and is the 19th edition, published by the Coin and Currency Institute.

The actual title of the book on the front cover is:
Paper Money of the United Stats. the same title is on the spine. I think it sells for about $ 35. dollars and worth every penny because all the US notes are pictured front and back and there all in color.
Bill Collector

Odd,
That both books would be the same but have different titles, don't know what the Friedberg's are doing or why there would be two of the same book with different titles.

I have a few different editions of the book from different years but they all have the same title ?.
Bill Collector

barryg,
Here's a photo of the 1990 12 th. edition of the Friedberg book and a photo of the 2010 19 th. edition, both were published by the Coin and Currency Institute. All the notes in the 1990 edition are in Black and White, all the notes in the 2010 edition are in Color.

I haven't seen the books in your Photo, are they later than 2010 ?.
Bill Collector

I have the exact same book as the OP, so I'm curious to know if its accurate as well.