Dollar Bills

Hi Lety - I'll start by saying I'm not a currency expert by any stretch, but I do have a number of notes that I set aside. A few months back I was chatting with the owner of a LCS - he noted that for common currency, an uncut sheet has some value but not so much for consecutive notes unless they are very old. I was really surprised that many of the notes I set aside as a kid with a paper route are worth very little more than face. A 1934 $20 bill I have is worth about $22 in near crisp condition. There are sites out there for currency that you might want to explore, but my guess is that your notes are worth face.

Good luck!

Even after speaking with the shop owner, I figured since I saved them this long (I have 5 consecutive 1977 one dollar bills, Miller I think) that saving them a little longer can't hurt. The amazing thing is that when I found the 1934 $20 bill, saving it when only making about that in tips for a week was tough for a 14 year old kid. To think I can buy a crisp uncirculated bill for only a few dollars more, I cringe at the though of how many games of Space Invaders I could have enjoyed.

I agree, but, there are CU dollar bills out there from way back. Someone saved them! So if you enjoy owning them, keep 'em!

I'm with babysitr on this one. I have plenty of items that are worth face value.....today. Take for example a few new $10 notes from series 2009. Nothing special about them. In 50-100 years they will be worth something. Most collectors don't bother to save these. Therefore I'd imagine they would be even more rare at some point. Of course those notes will be competing with similar notes that have a collectable factor such as a * note, fancy serial number etc.

Just over 5 years from now we can expect a redesign of the $10 note which is why I am saving them. These new notes should have a feature to identify the denomination by touch. What that will be specifically, I haven't a clue.

I save some other larger denominations from the 1990s with the small heads just because they are neat to look at. Collect what YOU want to collect, not what everyone else collects. Someone on this forum has a good quote to share about this theory.