Start Collecting US Banknotes

1. Start with ones that catch your eye.
2. Buy the best that you can afford.

Buy the "Standard Catalog of United States Paper Money" and wander through it until you find something that matches 1 and 2.

Get the most recent printing, available on Amazon.

Excellent advice...

I kinda migrate towards $2 bills, don't really know why, maybe because you don't see a lot of them in circulation... but that's my "like"

Worst case, you spend them later.

http://www.numismedia.com/coinprice...itage2.shtml
Did you mean this membership?
I don't think that I should do it now. I still can't buy myself a RedBook because delivery is too expensive, and buying a $ 1 subscription for 1 month is too expensive now.

if your new to united states banknotes you must understand something important ! ! ! there are many stronger monies out there in the wide world but then you have the US dollar.

Frankly it is super / mega boring ! ! !

Think about it ! The FED must produce millions of notes every year for the economy, every banknote must be traceable and authentic.

Your asking anyone to make a duplicate real banknote that is not counterfeit ?

Thus USa banknotes are super boring and mega predictable.

Unless your interest is to collect signatures USA currency simply s**Kz !

USA banknotes are trying to defeat mega counterfeiters ! ! !

If someone said to me """" you can only collect one """type """ of US banknote, it is a no-contest """

The 1900+ educational series , if your only interested in one american money and willing to disregard the hundreds of interesting world banknotes then you only have to choices !!!!!!!!!!!

the private ripoff banknotes around the civil war era, or the educational notes.

But over one hundred countries have produced fr more beautiful notes than the usa simply because the us as never interested in currency ! ! !

The United States was always trying to produce a paper cotton money that could not be counterfeited !!!!!!!!!!!!

But Truly ; the educational and 1800+ banknotes ere / are simply gorgeous , only one problem ! your going to hve to rob bank to afford them ! ! ! :)

regards ;)

Ah so ; your denying the fact that regional banks set up in remote locations to prevent people from cashing in their currencies ?

The american banknote has one sole purpose , to try and reduce counterfeits ! ! !

I am not on any kind of soapbox , but no one can say american money is distinctive except for its signatures ! ! !

American politicians did that themselves lol !

Why collect a lot of dull boring notes ?

The answer is simple, because its convenient !

-Great question! I wish I was half as curious as you when I started collecting paper money 42 years ago. Lots of great advice offered here too (just wish I had access to forums like CCF "back in the day").

- I think the best thing you can do is educate yourself which you're obviously open to. You're in a great era to collect since there's so much darn info out there (on the web). If I had to start all over again, I would be seeking veteran collector's opinions (a mentor) on some of the notes I had in mind.

One of my biggest blunders was just wanting to get a rare note (no matter what condition). "SteveinTampa" suggested you learn to grade (yeS, yES &. more YES!) And I would suggest you try to get as high a grade as you can afford paying attention to $20 and lower denominations. If you're into TPG (Third Party Graded) banknotes, buy the note (not the holder- as "Steve.." also suggests...)

I think "cashhound" made a good point in how he's thinning out his collection now because it's so-o-o easy just to buy with no direction/nor focus (& just buy a bunch of notes because they hit your denomination gaps).

Think, instead, about buying only "collectible" banknotes. Many FB collectors (& other amateurs) believe in the myth that if the note is ultra Uncirculated (like PMG UNC68EPQ*) it is collectible. Well, maybe to the armchair collectors (who really careless about how tough a note is to source) they're collectible. Thats what many of us World Banknote collectors do too. But just try to sell that PMG66EPQ banknote that has another 1000+ notes graded higher on PMG's population report! One easy way to avoid this pitfall is to buy special serial numbers like radars, repeaters, low serial numbers, etc & tougher short-runs like web pressed, mules, errors & replacements (star notes).

So once you've done a little research, checked out some of the resources suggested here (and online) then start to check out what a specific Series note will cost you. Search ebay (develop relationships with fellow collectors who may sell what you're after) & relentlessly go after those elusive notes you've developed an affinity for. And even with all that in mind, don't be in any rush to buy (PATIENCE!)