Need Some Opinions On Value, Short Snorter

The funny thing is, I technically have 2 short snorters since I got some guys I met to sign some dollars they traded with me! Although they're definitely not worth over face, since the ones I have are new bills, but I'd say that bill, being a SC, is worth maybe 3 bucks in that shape.

I've sold them on ebay before and they do draw interest. Good pictures of each note are a must.

I think there is a website dedicated to short snorters out in Internet land somewhere. Search "short snorter project".

My best one (I still have it!) isn't actually a short snorter like I orginally thought it was.....it is a 1928 red seal $1 signed by a Johnny Rawlings managed All American Girls Baseball team that included Pepper Perez and a slew of other gals.

Mine is in the virtual museum on the short snorter website if you want to see it.

No way...do you notice what I notice? If you look closely, you will see that the $1 SC is a Hawaii note...I'd say worth about $10.

As someone who actively collects short snorters, here are my Two Cents.

Just because you cannot identify anyone famous does not mean it may not have value above the individual notes. With the sources that are available now it is often possible to identify units or crews. Militaria collectors like items connected to famous engagements and valor award winners. There may be a Medal of Honor recipient on there, or a DSC, etc.

If it is to be sold you want to put as much information about it as you can. List the original owner and any of the names that can be deciphered. If the squadron or aircraft name are known include that information. Scans make better images than pictures. Make good scans of each note and show all those with signatures. Orient the pictures so the signatures can be read.

A typical short snorter with these notes I would expect to go for $25-30.00. Maybe upwards of $50-75.00 if a desirable unit or crew.

Now for a rant about short snorters. There is one ebay participant who is buying them, separating the notes and then flipping them as individual notes. Drives me up the wall as they lose their history when they are separated.

Here is the sort of thing I was talking about. This note is currently listed on ebay with no details in the listing. It is not mine and I am not going to buy it.



The tail number is on the note. It is signed by the crew that brought it over to England. The ship was shot down on its 97th mission. One of that crew (not the same crew that brought it over) was killed and the rest taken prisoner and were liberated. Its entire history is available online including first hand accounts of its final mission.

One of the crew members who signed the note (Wilbur Cooper) was also on a plane that was shot down. He was also taken prisoner and survived the war.

If the seller spent the same 15 minutes on the internet that I did researching the plane and the signers they would have a much more interesting listing.