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Other than the obvious, is there any advantage to collecting $100 notes instead of other denominations of US small bills?  |
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I'm not really sure of the advantages, but collecting 100 dollar bills can be quite costly, so you'd have to be REALLY selective if you have as much extra money as I do, so that's why I prefer collecting smaller denominations of money.
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Thanx for a serious answer 110. Much appreciated!
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I second the ties up a lot of money thought, not very worth it IMO.. Of course a few here and there are worth it like the '66 red seal, gold cert, brown seal, 1928's, LGS's... I wouldn't hold onto anything newer, sequential or not..
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I echo the opinions of CollectorKing and Coincollector110, but will add, I do collect some $100's and am very selective. Back in 2008 I had to have a 1996 $100 Cleveland Star. With a paltry printing of just 160,000 notes, this pick-up took me almost 18 months to find. A really tough note to find in any condition.  And since I collect serial #12, I also had to buy this one. I bought this from the late Billy Baeder @ USA Rare.  Edited by SteveInTampa
03/30/2016 05:06 am
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I prefer to collect 1934 LGS notes, but I was surprised to learn that many $100 notes are as expensive (or if you like as cheap) as some notes of the lower denominations. I have to pay $200 - $400 for some $5, $10 and $20 LGS notes and on the other hand I was able to get some $100 LGS bills in the same price range. Of course not all districts, especially the tougher ones are much more expensive, but as I said: Some $100 bills were priced similar to the lower denoms. So I think collecting $100 notes is partly getting a good bang for your bucks!    |
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Love those LGS $100's Amrys
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Thanks, Steve!
These three are the notes I've bought for around $400 and I had to pay sometimes more for a $5 up to $20 LGS bill. So I posted them in this thread again.
And I really like the Franklin notes, next to the Clevelands:-)
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I'm primarily a type collector, so I've tried to pick up one representative example of each series. That's one example for the entire series year, not one for 1928A, 1928B, etc. Anything beyond that is just way too rich for my blood.
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I agree with amrys that there are some incredible values out there in $100 small-size notes in all series 1950-E or earlier, especially in high-grade TPG holders. I have focused on the numerical 1928 FRNs, but there are many other series with great potential as well. The same reasoning also applies generally to $50 notes. Personally, except for the 1966 series USNs, I would not save any (especially circulated) $100s issued from 1963-A forward unless the serial number was most remarkable. If you like $100s, there is a much better opportunity in the early stuff, imo. Edited by Coinfrog
03/30/2016 5:25 pm
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 for ALL of the informative answers. NOTE: Steve, good deal! Edited by cashhound
03/31/2016 09:17 am
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