$100 1929 Frbn Chicago Sequential Order

Walking these now 23 (17+6) through onsite grading at a coin show will set you back well over $1000. Onsite grading is not cheap.

You are now saying "I may have to sell these 17 in one shot". (Helpful hint: If you sell these notes in one shot you might as well sell them without being TPG'd.....you will not recover your expensive grading fees UNLESS you score notes that grade higher than MS-66ppq). Check with a few local coin dealers and see what they offer you. You know the "book value" is somewhere around 300$ per note. I will be surprised if you are offered half that amount when push comes to shove at a coin shop. If they come close to "book" then it is up to you to either sell now or persue other avenues.

Also remember that your (17, 23 or whatever) notes have now impacted the available population figures for Chicago 1929 "C" NBN's. Once/if you get them slabbed, recorded population numbers will go up. As with any commodity, the laws of supply and demand take hold. As a general rule, the greater the supply there is, the more of an impact it has in suppressing the value.

I still stand by my original suggestion of placing a few single notes on ebay, with a minimum start that protects your investment and letting the actual currency market determine the notes values. If you go this route keep the group of 17 intact and sell only notes from the group of 6.

If you need to quickly recover your investment then you just have to do what needs to be done. If you wanna get "all the meat off the bone" then you have to develop a marketing plan and disperse the notes a few at a time.

Good luck!

Wow! Nationals! I only have one myself!

Lots of good advice here - very tough decision.

First, I would venture that these notes have no premium as a consecutive group. They are not collected this way. Selling them as a lot will bring a serious discount however you do it.

Second, condition is everything if you submit to the TPGs. The notes look quite fresh in your pics; if indeed they are new on PQ paper, then it mostly comes down to centering on both sides. Being consecutive, the centering is not likely to vary much, but it's possible. Suggest you carefully examine each note using stamp tongs and snap gloves, pick the one you feel has the best centering on both sides, and post it here for review. I certainly do not agree that you need the prospect of better than a 66PPQ TPG rating to warrant a single test submission, with apologies to westernsky if warranted.

Third, if you proceed to ebay for a test and are not an experienced ebay seller, be careful about your description and return privilege wording. Send the note in a stiff currency holder with a small tape hinge to prevent it being removed (and potentially damaged) by the buyer. Simply indicate on the listing that returns must be in the original unopened holder.

Good luck - and show us a couple of pics!

Frog...no apologies needed. Everybody has their own way of doing things and everybody's collective thoughts are what makes things work.

@Cf - If you haven't already seen it there is a -worthy photo on the 1st page of this thread. Wow.

edit - I didn't read your entire post. I now see you indeed saw the pic and were looking for pics of the other side. Sorry...

Stay calm, see my earlier post and show us both sides of what you think is the best-centered note in the run. There is a lot of potential value here - do not settle for an @$150 offer, which I consider almost unethical from a dealer.

SOLD!

Thanks Western. I will take that advice. I am familiar with ebay and have sold many items on there but none with currency. I will post another set of photos shortly as requested.

Thank you everyone for the advice. I really appreciate your knowledge.

Robin