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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are either of these worth keeping?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
No. Rule of thumb is if you have to ask, you probably should just spend them.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2156 Posts |
Ok, thanks a lot. I'm new to bill collecting so I'm still learning.
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New Member
United States
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Pretty bad shape. Somebody would buy them in auction. Might make a little on shipping but not worth it unless you have alot
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Both are spenders, I'm afraid.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2850 Posts |
Fancy serials are only worth value if they are solid serials or low serials (less than 100). Fancy serials are just not very profitable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fancy serials are only worth value if they are solid serials or low serials (less than 100). Fancy serials are just not very profitable. I would also include full 8-digit ladders. Also, have you ever noticed the lack of serial # 2 for sale or at auction ? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2850 Posts |
I haven't, but mainly because it's not really my collecting focus. Something signifigant about a # 2?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I think any single digit S/N is pretty special. There are tons of S/N #1s out there, but I agree #2s have to be statistically much rarer. Not as cool, but rarer. I bought the only one I have seen during the past couple of years:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Something signifigant about a # 2? When currency is overprinted on COPE, the sheets with the 9999 and 0000 endings are *almost* always pulled for inspection and replaced by star sheets. This is a manual process, so occasionally it doesn't happen, in which case the 9999 and 0000 serials are actually issued. Additionally, at the end of each print run the sheet ending in 00002 is similarly pulled for inspection, which is why serials like 00000002 and 20000002 have been nearly impossible to find in recent years. I don't know exactly when that protocol started, but it appears to have been in the '80s, well after the original introduction of COPE. None of this applies to currency printed on the new LEPE lines. Those use computers to randomly select sheets for special inspection, so there's no pattern of serial numbers that are consistently pulled. Of course, so far LEPE is only used for $1's and some $2's, so the higher denominations still show the COPE pattern, with stars replacing nearly all 9999/0000 endings. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very informative, thanks. I was talking about much older notes and the simple frequency that they are advertised or found at shows.
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Pillar of the Community
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5029 Posts |
Great info Steve and nice note MrFrog  |
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