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Hello, First off, I am new here, and I know next to nothing about coins and paper money, I am hoping to learn. I hope you do not mind that I do not have any coins at the moment, just paper. Here is what I have from Canada: 4 1954 Canadian 1 dollar bills 1 1937 Canadian dollar bill 1 1954 2 dollar bill Here is a scan of the 2 dollar bill:   I do not know if I should scan every bill in? Could these bills be worth anything more than their face value? Is there a certain reference that you used to determine these things? If so, what is the reference? Please let me know what you can about this 2 dollar bill, and if you can answer any of my questions, please do! Thank you, Julie *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hello, welcome to the collector's world !
Your bills are collectible, there is a collector and a price for every old banknote out there, and face value is a minimum value for these.
Go to Realbanknotes.com, register, and check out the online catalog of notes under the Image Gallery tab. Do look at some grading standards. The note above appears from the photo to be in VF condition, meaning multiple folds, some rounded corners, etc., so you might compare your other notes to that and check the price column for VF grades, just for a start. You can grade them individually at a later time when you're more comfortable with it.
1937 is a very popular issue, and 1954 not far behind. Do check your 1954 notes for a 'Devil Face' in the Queen's hairstyle, the design was caught and changed, but they can be more valuable than the later printings. Your photo is too small to tell.
Signatures on the 1937 note can mean good things.
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05/02/2018 9:02 pm
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Canada
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That's not a devil's face on the $2. Devil's face signatures are Coyne-Towers and Beattie-Coyne. A 1937 $1, even in VG (well-used) condition starts around $8. As Paxbrit mentioned, check the 1954 $1's if they are devil's face or not. First, they need to be one of the signature combo's I mentioned, however Beattie-Coyne was also the modified version. You can do a quick internet search to see what the devil's face is supposed to look like. You can also include images here and people can help you out.
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you both paxbrit and cdncoins for your replies to my post - I have looked at the 4 one dollar bills and the 2 dollar bill - I also looked up an example of the devil in the queens hair, it looks to me as if they all have the devil in her hair. Since I am a newbie at this, I will scan in the face side of the 4 one dollar bills that I have:     I would appreciate your help, as I said, I see the devil in each one. Since I only have one bill left, I will also post it. It is a Jan 2, 1937 one dollar bill, I am posting both sides:   this bill has two creases in it which are pretty deep, it's condition is not as good as the 1954 one dollar bills which makes sense since it is older I guess. Any help you can give me would be fabulous, thank you very much, Julie |
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United States
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None of your QEII bills are Devil Face or Devil Hair notes, when you see one, you'll see it right away.
The four 1954 Ones are not in the best of shape, but they'll be acceptable to many collectors. The 1937 dollar is quite dirty and will see some real sales resistance, but, there is a collector for everything.
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United States
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Thank you for telling me how it is paxbrit, I do appreciate it. I am so new at this, I really needed the help, like I said, I see the devils face in every one of the bills - wrong again! Thank you so much for your assessment - Best, Julie
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Bedrock of the Community
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Julie- Maybe this will help you tell the difference between a Devils Face and the modified hair.  |
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United States
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Thank you so much Jimmy D, those examples are better than the ones I found, I do see the difference when they are side by side. I'm afraid that they look close enough alike that I could see the what I thought was the devil in her hair. I can see that the bills I have do not have the devil in the hair. Thank you so much for the examples :) Julie
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Canada
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It is VERY easy to confuse the two variations since the 2 notes are identical -except that the printers modified the shading in the queen's "hair do" after several people noted what appeared to be a gargoyle like demon in the original. When you see a "Devil's Face" note in hand - you can immediately see the difference between the original engraving of Karsh's portrait and the newer modified notes. New collectors, and those who are new to Canadian 1954 notes, will take a bit of time (& an understanding of the prefixes/signature combinations) before they feel at ease identifying the two variations. The "Devil Face" variation was printed for 2 years (1954-56) and became popular to collectors world wide (thus the higher book value).
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Posted 05/02/2018 9:22 pm
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